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Minimalism

Minimalism is an art movement that emphasizes reducing art to its essentials, focusing on the object itself and the viewer's experience, with as little mediation from the artist as possible. It emerged in the post-World War II era in Western art, and is often interpreted as a reaction to abstract expressionism and modernism.

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Years active
1960s–present

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Visual arts and literalist art

Design, architecture, and spaces

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Music

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Minimalism

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related to Sources · 98
Minimalism → Adventures, Aesthetics, Alabama, American, American Domestic Architecture, American West, April, Archived, Arco, Art Criticism, At, Basel, Berlin, Bertoni, Birkhäuser, Boston, Cerver, Chicago Press, Chilvers, Clark
related to Literature · 22
Minimalism → Alicia Erian, Amy Hempel, Ann Beattie, Bobbie Ann Mason, Bret Easton Ellis, Charles Bukowski, Cormac McCarthy, David Leavitt, Ernest Hemingway, Frederick Barthelme, Grace Paley, Literary, Mary Robison, Minimalist, Patrick Holland, Raymond Carver, Readers, Richard Ford, Sandra Cisneros, Stephen Crane
related to Visual arts and literalist art · 22
Minimalism → ABC Art, Al Held, American, Anthony Caro, Dan Flavin, David Smith, Donald Judd, During, Dutch De Stijl, Ellsworth Kelly, European, Examples, Frank Stella, German Bauhaus, In, Kenneth Noland, Nassos Daphnis, New York, Radical, Robert Morris
related to Minimalist architects and their works · 21
Minimalism → Ando's, Another Japanese, By Plum Trees, Credited, He, His, House, Japanese, Japanese Minimalism, Japanese Minimalist, Kazuyo Sejima, New Museum, New York City, Ryue Nishizawa, SANAA, Sejima's, Small House, Tadao Ando, The Japanese, Tokyo
related to Film and cinema · 17
Minimalism → Abbas Kiarostami, Carl Theodor Dreyer, Chantal Akerman, Documentary, Dogme, Elia Suleiman, In, Joshua Fields Millburn, Kelly Reichardt, Matt D'Avella, Paul Schrader, Robert Bresson, Romanian New Wave, Ryan Nicodemus, The Minimalists, Their, Yasujirō Ozu
related to Music · 17
Minimalism → Charlotte Moorman, Contemporary Arts, Danish, Henning Christiansen, However, In France, Institute, London, Michael Nyman, Monotone Symphony, More, Nam June Paik, Nyman, The, The Monotone-Silence Symphony, The Spectator, Yves Klein
related to External links · 15
Minimalism → Archived, By Kyle Chayka January, Champs-Elysées, December, Donald Judd, Grand Palais, Media, November, Richard Wollheim, Réunion, Short History, The Nation, Wayback Machine, Wikimedia CommonsAgence Photographique, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to Further reading · 15
Minimalism → Bloomsbury, Chayka, Claim, David, February, Frame, ISBN, Keenan, Kyle, Less, Living, Michael Nyman, New York, Sunday Herald, The Longing
related to Design, architecture, and spaces · 11
Minimalism → De Stijl, De Stijl's, England, In, London, Minimalist, New York City, The, The Rietveld Schroder House, Truus Schröder-Schräder, With
related to Fashion · 6
Minimalism → American, Constructed, Donna Karan, London, Susie Faux, The

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minimalist art design architecture japanese also space materials simplicity artists new nature isbn visual works simple essential movement elements york

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MinimalismYears active1960s–present1.00infobox
Minimalismis aart movement that emphasizes reducing art to its essentials0.90text
Robert Morrisinstance ofand they encouraged artists0.80text
Dan Flavininstance ofand they encouraged artists0.80text
and Donald Judd to pursue new artistic trajectoriesinstance ofand they encouraged artists0.80text
linesinstance ofDe Stijl expanded the ideas of expression by meticulously organizing basic elements0.80text
planesinstance ofDe Stijl expanded the ideas of expression by meticulously organizing basic elements0.80text
earthquakesinstance ofbut also the Japanese experience of constantly having to demolish structures on account of the destruction wrought by World War II and disasters0.80text
firesinstance ofbut also the Japanese experience of constantly having to demolish structures on account of the destruction wrought by World War II and disasters0.80text
James Minstance ofStephen Crane and Ernest Hemingway are often cited as precursors to literary minimalism.Some 1940s-era crime fiction of writers0.80text
William Carlos Williamsinstance ofThese writers were also sparse with prose and kept a psychological distance from their subject matter.American poets0.80text
early Ezra Poundinstance ofThese writers were also sparse with prose and kept a psychological distance from their subject matter.American poets0.80text

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