Cubism

As you’ll find out in this guide to the fundamentals of cubism, there is more to the genre than its most famous proponent. Cubism—often identified by flattened, geometric shapes, overlapping, simplified forms and fragmented spatial planes—was quite possibly the most influential movement in 20th-century art. Featured artists: Pablo Picasso, Edmond Fortier, Paul Cézanne, George Braque, Henri Le Fauconnier, Jean Metzinger, Fernand Léger, Juan Gris, Albert Gleizes, Henri Laurens, Salvador Dalí, Brassaï, Robert Delaunay, Raymond Duchamp-Villon