
Overlapping with any number of other movements on the march towards total abstraction, Cubism, in some ways, was an extension of the Fauves blurring of reality.
In that earlier movement, ridiculously bright colors were utilized to create canvases depicting relatively traditional subjects. What made the Fauves unique, though, was their collective extension of Impressionism. But in referencing that approach to painting, the Fauves found it necessary to insert some sort of commentary on the subject and its surroundings – in part related through the apparent brushstrokes.
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