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What is the difference between the cubism and fauvism movement in art?

Despite sharing a time period and many aspects of style, the two movements have many prominent differences. The subjects share a common subject matter: both are still life, featuring fruits and other common household objects. Both are highly idealized rather than being realistic representations of their subjects. Both use a bold palette of colors, not confining themselves to the actual colors of the still life. Most of all, both paintings play with the general conventions of drawing from life, taking inspiration from different representations of color or shape.
Created primarily by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, Cubism focuses on the two-dimensional nature of the canvas and seeks to represent objects through geometric forms in a shallow space.
Fauvism focuses less on the literal reality of the object and more on the emotions created by an object for the artist. It uses bold, untraditional colors and unrefined brush strokes, traits which contributed to the artists responsible being called Fauves, or wild beasts. It de-emphasizes the form of objects to create a visually compelling and appealing piece. Its rounded lines and simple expression, as well, link it to the works of artists such as André Derain and Henri Matisse, two of the leading artists of Fauvism.

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