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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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More two-dimensional than three, its reductivist, graphic quality has made it the obvious choice for the museum's logo; building as symbol, literally emblematic of Granada's newest cultural institution.
Often compared to the minimalist and reductivist studies by the late (and great) New Mexico artist Agnes Martin, works by Ross have caught the attention of major collectors and museums throughout the country, including the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Daum Museum of Contemporary Art in Missouri, and the Portland Museum of Art in Maine as well as the Harwood Museum of Art and the New Mexico Museum of Art.
This insight opens into Kwinter's case that the fallacy of misplaced concreteness led to the reductivist structures of the modern bureaucratic state, a form of government based on "the two principles of simple location, that is, on for malisms of separation and abstraction.
 
 
 
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