minimalism

Examples of minimalism in the following topics:

• Minimalism

  • The term minimalism can be used to describe a trend in design and architecture wherein the subject is reduced to its necessary elements.
  • The term minimalism can be used to describe a trend in design and architecture wherein the subject is reduced to only its necessary elements.
  • White elements, cold lighting, large open spaces with minimal objects and furniture and a simplified living space to reveal the essential quality of buildings and attitudes toward life were the characteristics of minimalist architecture and design.
  • While ornamentation is minimized, minimalist architecture an design do not completely do away with ornamentation, but instead aim to maintain the idea that all parts, details and joinery have been reduced to a stage where no one can remove anything further to improve the design.
  • Ryoan-Ji Temple is a Zen temple that exemplifies the minimalism and simplicity that is typical in Japanese design.

• Abstract Expressionist Sculpture

  • During the postwar period, many sculptors made work in the prevalent styles of the time: Abstract Expressionism, Minimalism and Pop Art.
  • Minimalism during the 1960s and 70s was a reaction against the painterly subjectivity of Abstract Expressionism dominant in the previous decades.
  • Donald Judd, who disavowed the term minimalism, and preferred to refer to his sculptures as "specific objects," used simple, repeated forms to explore space.
  • Donald Judd, who disavowed the term minimalism, and preferred to refer to his sculptures as "specific objects," uses simple, repeated forms to explore space.
  • Evaluate how sculpture from 1945-1970 was influenced by abstract expressionism, minimalism, and pop art.

• Painting

  • In general, Pop Art and Minimalism began as modernist movements: a paradigm shift and philosophical split between formalism and anti-formalism in the early 1970s caused those movements to be viewed by some as precursors or transitional postmodern art.
  • By the early 1960s Minimalism emerged as an abstract movement in art (with roots in geometric abstraction via Malevich, the Bauhaus and Mondrian) which rejected the idea of relational, and subjective painting, the complexity of Abstract expressionist surfaces, and the emotional zeitgeist and polemics present in the arena of Action painting.
  • Minimalism argued that extreme simplicity could capture all of the sublime representation needed in art .
  • Associated with painters such as Frank Stella, minimalism in painting, as opposed to other areas, is a modernist movement and depending on the context can be construed as a precursor to the postmodern movement.
  • Minimalism emerged as an abstract movement in art by the early 1960s, and is thought to be a precursor to the postmodern movement.

• Neoclassicism

  • The style can generally be identified by its use of straight lines, minimal use of color, simplicity of form and, of course, its adherence to classical values and techniques.
  • Its austere facade, arched doorways and minimal symmetry reflect his adherence to classical stylistic values.

• Green Architecture: The Future of Architecture

  • Green architecture seeks to minimize the negative environmental impact of buildings by conserving energy, and using sustainable materials.
  • Green, or sustainable, architecture seeks to minimize the negative environmental impacts of buildings through factors such as energy efficiency, moderation in the use of materials, and reduction in development space, among others.
  • In colder climates, windows can be placed to maximize the input of heat-creating light while minimizing the loss of heat through glass, which is a poor insulator.

• Post-Painterly Abstraction

  • While the term Post-Painterly Abstraction gained some currency in the 1960s, it was gradually supplanted by Minimalism, Hard-Edge Painting, Lyrical Abstraction and Color-Field Painting.
  • During the late 1950s and early 1960s, Frank Stella was a significant figure in the emergence of Minimalism, Post-Painterly Abstraction, and Color Field painting.

• Sculpture

  • Modernist sculpture movements include Cubism, Geometric abstraction, De Stijl, Suprematism, Constructivism, Dadaism, Surrealism, Futurism, Formalism Abstract expressionism, Pop-Art, Minimalism, Land art, and Installation art.

• Zenga Painting in the Edo Period

  • The ensō symbolizes absolute enlightenment, strength, elegance, the universe, and mu (the void), and it is characterized by a minimalism born of Japanese aesthetics.

• Private Patronage

  • Both private and public granting bodies exist for artists, and require minimal endorsement, though it is generally required that their patronage of a specific project be publicly known.

• Architecture of the Qin Dynasty

  • The Qin central government sought to minimize the role of aristocrats and landowners and have direct administrative control over the peasantry, who comprised the overwhelming majority of the population and granted the Qin access to a large labor force.