minimalism

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  1. noun A school of abstract painting and sculpture that emphasizes extreme simplification of form, as by the use of basic shapes and monochromatic palettes of primary colors, objectivity, and anonymity of style. Also called ABC art, minimal art, reductivism, rejective art.
  2. noun Use of the fewest and barest essentials or elements, as in the arts, literature, or design.
  3. noun Music A school or mode of contemporary music marked by extreme simplification of rhythms, patterns, and harmonies, prolonged chordal or melodic repetitions, and often a trancelike effect.

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  • If you should so desire to not acquiesce to our minimalism, then due to the unacceptable probability of your transgression your life would be forfeiture. —  GUDMagazineIssue1::Autumn2007
  • One of the things that interests Margulies about minimalism is the "phenomenological engagement of the spectator-the way in which you're drawn, precisely because you have these very simplified shapes in front you." —  The Evening Class
  • "Haven" (Part 1) has three sections: "Opening" trembles with motifs played continuously by two flutes and hovers near minimalism, the flutes acting as a voluptuous cushion for the cello's soaring lyricism; "Flute Cadenza" references several motivic germs from "Opening," the solo flute exhibiting an extra strength of communication and a quality of spirituality; "Interlude and Bossa" retains the melody and form of "Opening," but with flutes playing the melody to a bossa accompaniment. —  Home
  • I like minimalism, and path finder is the exact opposite. —  Original Signal - Transmitting Digg
  • When you think of minimalism, there was a school of minimalism. —  The latest WWD Headlines
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