What was the essence of cubism?
Cubism was developed between about 1908 and 1912 in a collaboration between Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. Their immediate influences are said to be Tribal Art (although Braque later disputed this) and the work of Paul Cezanne. The movement itself was not long-lived or widespread, but it began an immense creative explosion which resonated through all of 20th century art. The key concept of Cubism is that the essence of objects can only be captured by showing it from multiple points of view simultaneously. (source http://www.artcyclopedia.com/history/cubism.
