3D cubism

Just like cubist painting the style is rooted in reduction of painted objects into component planes and geometric solids (cubes, cones, spheres and cylinders). According to Herbert Read this has the effect of "revealing the structure" of the object or of presenting fragments and facets of the object to be visually interpreted in different ways. Both of these effects transfer to sculpture. The distinction between "analytic cubism" and "synthetic cubism" also holds true in sculpture. The definite purpose of the geometricization of the planes is to emphasize the formal structure of the motif represented.