... derived from Romanticism, and an endeavour to explain knowledge that was yet unknown, came the beginning wave of works which marked the first decade of the twentieth century. While the authors of these works perceived themselves as extensions or augmentations of existing trends in art, they broke the founding concept with the public that artists were the representatives and interpreters of ... the invention and creativity of cubism from the studios of Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, George's Braque and many others, became an explosion of avante-garde works that foreshadowed a period of co...

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