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An art movement in sculpture and painting that began in the 1950s and emphasized extreme simplification of form and color
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minimalism
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Wikipedia
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In computing, minimalism refers to the application of minimalist philosophies and principles in hardware and software design and usage.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ And after a long dry season of neutrals and minimalism , perhaps fantasy fashion is a good thing. ▪ Herbert Ypma is talking about the merits of minimalism in interior design. ▪ His linguistic minimalism can also be effective-his ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context arts English) A style of art that emphasises extreme simplicity of form. 2 (context music English) A style of music that emphasises extreme simplicity of rhythms and melodic forms to achieve a trancelike effect.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an art movement in sculpture and painting that began in the 1950s and emphasized extreme simplification of form and color [syn: minimal art , reductivism ]
Usage examples of minimalism.
The many generations which had served under Avernian civilisation had often expressed a longing to escape from the sense of futility, from a doctrine of minimalism, imposed by the concept of Obligation Earth.
He’d put everything from memories of his childhood to all his technical knowledge into it, resisting the temptation to engage in trendy minimalism or shocking atonality.
Rafe had been in Northville for only a few hours, but already he had seen a lot of art and architectural design that was clearly inspired by minimalism.
Dorotea's slow burn is being accelerated, Cayce suspects, by her perception that Cayce's MA-1 trumps any attempt at minimalism, the Rickson's having been created by Japanese obsessives driven by passions having nothing at all to do with anything remotely like fashion.
In the early nineties, Gaddis had discovered the works of Thomas Bernhard, and he sensed in this near contemporary from Austria not only personal affinities but a model for his reconceived project, a minimalism that allowed him to transform (rather than abandon) his accumulated research.