cubist
cubist — adjective
1. Describes something that is part of or connected to cubism — an early twentieth-
Describes something that is part of or connected to cubism — an early twentieth-century art movement where painters broke down people and objects into simple geometric shapes, often showing several sides of the same subject at once.
The museum's new exhibition brings together many famous **cubist** paintings by Picasso and Braque.
cubist + painting(s) — collocation for art works
Yael wrote her art-history essay on the early **cubist** movement that began in Paris around 1907.
cubist + movement — collocation for the artistic school
Adaeze admired the **cubist** portrait where the woman's face was broken into sharp, angular planes.
The gallery owner said **cubist** artists often showed objects from several angles within one picture.
- cubistic
A rarer alternative with the same meaning; cubist is far more common in everyday use.
- realistic
Realistic art attempts to show subjects exactly as they appear in real life; cubist art deliberately breaks forms into geometric shapes.
文法句型
cubist + noun (painting / artist / style / work / movement)
用法筆記
Cubist is a classifying adjective, so it is placed before a noun (a cubist painting) rather than after a linking verb. Native speakers do not use comparative forms such as more cubist.
常見錯誤
cubist — noun
1. An artist, usually a painter or sculptor, who creates work in the cubist style —
An artist, usually a painter or sculptor, who creates work in the cubist style — using geometric shapes and showing subjects from multiple viewpoints rather than following traditional realistic perspective.
Elena decided to become a **cubist** after seeing Braque's geometric landscapes at the gallery.
become a cubist — pattern for adopting the style
Lien studied the work of several early French **cubists** who shared a studio in Montmartre.
early French cubist(s) — modifier order with nationality
Many **cubists** rejected traditional perspective rules and broke their subjects into flat, faceted shapes.
The exhibition catalogue profiles five female **cubists** whose work has only recently received attention.
- abstract artist
A broader term; all cubists are abstract artists in a sense, but not all abstract artists are cubists. Cubism is a specific movement within abstract art.
- realist
A realist tries to paint or draw things as they appear in everyday life, while a cubist deliberately distorts shapes and perspectives.
文法句型
the Cubists (as a group, often capitalised)
a cubist (an individual artist)
用法筆記
When referring to the group of artists who founded cubism early in the twentieth century, the word is often capitalised (the Cubists). In general references to artists who work in this style, a lower-case c is standard.