Impressionism vs Cubism

Art, according to Webster’s Dictionary, is a human skill of expression of other objects by painting, drawing, and sculpture. People have used art as a form of expression for a long time. From the Mesopotamian era to the Classical Greeks and the present. Art is expressed in many different ways and styles, and is rapidly changing, one style replacing another. Impressionism and Cubism broke away from the traditional style of painting. They were both …

…all at one time. Art is interpreted differently from one person to the next. We may never understand what the artist had in mind, but that is what makes art so unique. As Picasso once stated “The fact that for a long time cubism has not been understood . . . means nothing. I do not read English, an English book is a blank book to me. This does not mean that the English language does not exist.”