Practice question · Multiple choice
Why does Analytic Cubism show several viewpoints at once rather than the single view an eye actually receives?
Hints
- The claim is about knowledge, not decoration.
- Think about how you actually come to know a jug.
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B. We know objects by moving around them, not from one spot
Why
You walk around a jug; you remember the handle while facing the lip. Cubism says a picture built on one eye at one instant is lying about that, so show the views simultaneously and let the surface be honestly flat.
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