An approach to art which emphasises aspects of form, such as line, shape and colour. Formalism engages with the visual qualities of a work of art as opposed to its narrative or symbolic contents.
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The adaptation of Western Modernist principles — functionalism, minimal ornamentation, and the use of industrial materials like reinforced concrete —…
An art movement that emerged in twentieth-century France and aimed to express the creativity of the unconscious mind through the…
A precursor of performance art, they are events or situations where the artwork is created by the conditions produced by…
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A school of art and design founded by German architect Walter Gropius in 1919, which emphasised an interdisciplinary approach to…
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