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reductivism

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re·duc·tiv·ism  (r-dkt-vzm)
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re·ductiv·ist n.
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Noun1.reductivism - an art movement in sculpture and painting that began in the 1950s and emphasized extreme simplification of form and colorreductivism - an art movement in sculpture and painting that began in the 1950s and emphasized extreme simplification of form and color
art movement, artistic movement - a group of artists who agree on general principles


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Exploring notions of abstraction through formal and material reductivism, it's a powerful statement, evoking timelessness, elementality and a connection with nature.
However, the reductive treatment of historical and contemporary conflicts in Riley's later works now seems to echo the very reductivism that he fought hard against--and to a large extent successfully--with his earlier activist practice.
Against such reductivism, Bray makes a powerful case that friendship was closely associated with religion on both sides of the Reformation divide.
 
 
 
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