Question

How did social instability during the early 20th century contributed to the development of cubism

Answer 1

The Industrial Revolution, the Russian Revolution and the First World War were the events that framed the social and political context of Cubism.

The context in the social environment in which Cubism developed was very agitated, since there were still consequences of the industrial revolution for the reason that Europe was industrializing, and there are still the aftermath of the Russian revolution at the moment it starts the first World War. In the economic sphere Europe was suffering the worst crisis; For this reason, a variety of changes were made and among them the search for art for something new, for beginning to discover new forms of expression and thus sought to have a social interference in art, with the intention that a work was not intended only to contemplation but to reflect these changes.

Answer 2

It convinced Cubists that new art styles were needed to depict the modern world.