... . Their methods were highly influential because they were so open to different and often contradictory adaptations. It is important to note that the geometric simplifications of form that led to art critic Louis Vauxcelle's reference to "cubes" in 1908 were not in themselves innovative. Instead it was ... -dish with Glass. In turn, this was the first Cubist paper colle. There was a more arbitrary relationship between the cut-out and stuck-on shapes and the things depicted in colle. A newspaper could stand for itself but also depict anything from a glass to a soda-siphon. Also, paper ... ...

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... a distinct, fixed nature. Cubists sought simultaneity by visually interpreting subjects from multiple viewpoints. This was achieved through the fragmentation and interlocking of form and space. Solid shapes and surrounding space was translated into overlapping geometric arrangements. Continuous outlines and neutral colours were also used to emphasise space and structure as objects were presented from a various angles. As Berger further comments, "Cubism ... moving in space" whilst "Braque seems to have been more concerned with the development of surface, of texture and of new relationship...

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