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Who co-wrote the first theoretical work on Cubism with Metzinger?

  • Albert Gleizes

  • Pablo Picasso

  • Georges Braque

  • Henri Matisse

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Albert Gleizes collaborated with Jean Metzinger to author "Du Cubisme," the seminal theoretical work on Cubism. Published in 1912, this treatise outlined the principles and techniques of the movement, emphasizing the fragmentation and geometric simplification of forms to capture multiple perspectives simultaneously. Gleizes and Metzinger's insights helped establish Cubism as a revolutionary approach to representing reality in art.
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