cubism
Cubism Cubism is the art of painting a picture that is portrayed by geometric figures, often-transparent cubes and cones, without any realistic detail. ... The key concept of cubism is that showing it from multiple points of view simultaneously is the only way to capture the essence of the object. ... Braque and Picasso were said to be hugely inspired to create cubism after seeing many tribal arts, mainly from Africa, such as masks, but Braque later disputed this.