Which characteristic of Cubist artists can be seen in the example shown here? A. They wanted to convey strong emotions and expose hidden meanings. B. They broke down and imaginatively reassembled objects with geometric shapes. C. They eliminated any recognizable objects from their artwork. D. They stressed the play of light and shadow on their subjects.

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Which characteristic of Cubist artists can be seen in the example shown here? A. They wanted to convey strong emotions and expose hidden meanings. B. They broke down and imaginatively reassembled objects with geometric shapes. C. They eliminated any recognizable objects from their artwork. D. They stressed the play of light and shadow on their subjects.

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B. They broke down and imaginatively reassembled objects with geometric shapes.

Cubist artists were interested in depicting reality in its most basic form (i. e. geometric shapes) as opposed to through the traditional methods of perspective, atmosphere and lightning (the latter emphasized the emotional and storytelling).