minimalism

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13:23 Jun 29, 2009
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Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
Additional field(s): Architecture
English term or phrase: minimalism
Definition from Bluemoon Art Glossary:
A movement and style of art from the 20th century which attempts to reduce art to the basic geometric shapes with the fewest colors, lines, and textures. Minimal art does not seek to be representational of any object.

Example sentence(s):
  • Though never a self-proclaimed movement, Minimalism refers to painting or sculpture made with an extreme economy of means and reduced to the essentials of geometric abstraction. Guggenheim Museum
  • The reduction of form, the controlled gesture and emotional outburst, the rationalistic behaviour and a sensibilized minimalism – these were the main features of an entirely different standpoint from the one dominating the painting of the preceding decade. Sava Stepanov ON MINIMALISM
  • While many people tend to associate minimalism with painting, the principle is also applied in the creation of musical compositions, theatrical performances, and even interior design. WiseGeek
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minimālisms


Definition from Svešvārdu vārdnīca:
Minimālisms (arī minimālā māksla) ir 20. gs. modernās mākslas (gk.) tēlniecības virziens, kam raksturīgs ierobežots izteiksmes līdzekļu izmantojums.

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  • Minimālisms — mākslas virziens 1960. gados, kurā dominē trīsdimensiju objekti (ir arī gleznojumi), vienkāršas ģeometriskas formas un elementu ritmisks atkārtojums, noliedzot gan realitātes ilūzijas, gan ideju propogandas, gan ekspresīvas pašizpausmes virsuzdevumus. - Wikipedia  
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