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Minimalism

Minimalism describes movements in various forms of art and design, especially visual art and music, where the work is stripped down to its most fundamental features As a specific movement in the arts it is identified with developments in post-World War II Western Art, most strongly with American visual arts in the late 1960s and early 1970s Prominent artists associated with this movement include Donald Judd, John McLaughlin, Agnes Martin, Dan Flavin, Robert Morris, Anne Truitt, and Frank Stella It is rooted in the reductive aspects of Modernism, and is often interpreted as a reaction against Abstract expressionism and a bridge to Postmodern art practicesThe terms have expanded to encompass a movement in music which features repetition and iteration, as in the compositions of La Monte Young, Terry Riley, Steve Reich, Philip Glass, and John Adams (See also PostMinimalism)The term "minimalist" is often applied colloquially to designate anything which is spare or stripped to its essentials It has also been used to describe the plays and novels of Samuel Beckett, the films of Robert Bresson, the stories of Raymond Carver, and even the automobile designs of Colin Chapman The word was first used in English in the early twentieth century to describe the Mensheviks[1]The term Minimalism is also used to describe a trend in design and architecture where in the subject is reduced to its necessary elements Minimalist design has been highly influenced by Japanese traditional design and architecture In addition, the work of De Stijl artists is a major source of reference for this kind of work De Stijl expanded the ideas that could be expressed by using basic elements such as lines and planes organized in very particular mannersArchitect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe adopted the motto "Less is more" to describe his aesthetic tactic of arranging the numerous necessary components of a building to create an impression of extreme simplicity, by enlisting every element and detail to serve multiple visual and functional purposes (such as designing a floor to also serve as the radiator, or a massive fireplace to also house the bathroom) Designer Buckminster Fuller adopted the engineer's goal of "Doing more with less", but his concerns were oriented towards technology and engineering rather than aesthetics A similar sentiment was industrial designer Dieter Rams' motto, "Less but better" adapted from van der Rohe

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The structure uses relatively simple elegant designs; ornamentations are quality rather than quantity[dubious discuss] The structure's beauty is also determined by playing with lighting, using the basic geometric shapes as outlines, using only a single shape or a small number of like shapes for components for design unity, using tasteful non-fussy bright color combinations, usually natural textures and colors, and clean and fine finishes Using sometimes the beauty of natural patterns on stone cladding and real wood encapsulated within ordered simplified structures, and real metal producing a simplified but prestigious architecture and interior design


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