| In well-crafted chapters, Blake describes the interaction between primitivism and the fauvists, cubists, Dadaists, surrealists, and, lastly, purists. |
| Conceptual innovators, like the cubists, made quick breakthroughs that revolutionized both the way art was executed and the way it was interpreted. |
| Even the obvious influence of Japanese art on the Impressionists and of African art on Picasso and the Cubists has been lost in the fine print of art histories. |
| Nonetheless, in both countries, artists were recruited to aid this work, and Cubists and Vorticists found larger canvases on which to paint. |
| They stand as securely in the tradition of western art now as the cubists, the impressionists or the romantics do. |
| French surrealists, cubists, and impressionists mostly influence Lebanese artists, who add an oriental touch to the French technique and subject matter. |
