Crystal Cubism

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Crystal Cubism is a refined, later phase of Cubism characterized by clear, geometric structures and a more orderly, crystalline abstraction of forms.

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Label Occurrences
Crystal Cubism canonical 2
Crystal Cubism phase 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art movement
phase of Cubism
aestheticGoal rational organization of pictorial space
structural unity
visual coherence
alsoKnownAs Crystal Cubism
surface form: Crystal Cubism phase
artForm drawing
painting
characterizedBy architectonic compositions
clarity of form
clear geometric structures
crystalline abstraction of forms
emphasis on planar structure
orderly composition
reduced fragmentation of objects
stability and balance in composition
use of overlapping geometric planes
countryOfOrigin France
developedInPeriod 1910s
1920s
differsFrom earlier Cubism by greater clarity and regularity
emphasizes flattened pictorial space
interlocking planes
underlying geometric order of objects
hasNotableProponent Albert Gleizes
Fernand Léger
Georges Braque
Jean Metzinger
Juan Gris
Pablo Picasso
historicalContext post–World War I European art
influenced Art Deco aesthetics
Purism
later geometric abstraction
influencedBy Cubism
surface form: Analytical Cubism

Cubism
surface form: Synthetic Cubism

classical ideals of order and harmony
movementLanguage highly ordered geometric syntax
movementWithin Cubism
partOf development of Cubism after World War I
relatedConcept classical modernism
geometric abstraction
typicalSubjectMatter figures
still lifes
studio interiors
uses limited, harmonized color palettes
precise contour lines

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Cubism hasPart Crystal Cubism
Crystal Cubism alsoKnownAs Crystal Cubism
this entity surface form: Crystal Cubism phase
Albert Gleizes influenced Crystal Cubism