Note the spontaneous patchy texture. The Two Saltimbanques or Harlequin and His Companion . Oil on canvas. Pushkin Museum, Moscow. Cubism was the first totally abstract art movement, revelling against all rules of art so far.
Cubists use geometric forms and African art elements to represent their subject.
Synthetic cubism uses abstract elements to create a picture, and appears more two-dimensional than a work made using analytical cubism. An example of analytical cubism. Portrait of Ambroise Vollard . Oil on canvas. Pushkin Museum, Moscow.