Cubism formed an important link between early-20th-century art and architecture. The historical, theoretical, and socio-political relationships between avant-garde practices in painting, sculpture and architecture had early ramifications in France, Germany, the Netherlands and Czechoslovakia. Though there are many points of intersection between Cubism and architecture, only a few direct links between them can be drawn. Most often the connections are made by reference to shared formal characteristics: faceting of form, spatial ambiguity, transparency, and multiplicity. COUNT 3
QSN1 What two things did Cubism in the early 20th century form an important link between? ANS1 art and architecture. QSN2 What are the four formal characteristics that are usually connected with Cubism? ANS2 faceting of form, spatial ambiguity, transparency, and multiplicity. QSN3 In which four countries were the impacts of avant garde art particularly strong? ANS3 France, Germany, the Netherlands and Czechoslovakia