Final Exam Modern Art History

What was Cubism's central innovation in representing objects?

Fragmenting objects into facets and showing multiple viewpoints at once on a flattened picture plane

What distinguishes Synthetic Cubism from the earlier Analytical phase?

Synthetic Cubism built images up from simpler shapes and introduced collage and papier collé, often with brighter color

Cubism rejected which long-standing artistic convention?

Single-point Renaissance perspective

Which non-Western art tradition significantly influenced Picasso's development of Cubism?

African and Iberian sculpture

Which of the following best describes the concept of "multiple perspectives" in Cubism?

Showing several viewpoints of an object simultaneously within a single image