minimalism

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13:23 Jun 29, 2009
English to Danish translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
Additional field(s): Architecture
English term or phrase: minimalism
Definition from Bluemoon Art Glossary:
A movement and style of art from the 20th century which attempts to reduce art to the basic geometric shapes with the fewest colors, lines, and textures. Minimal art does not seek to be representational of any object.

Example sentence(s):
  • Though never a self-proclaimed movement, Minimalism refers to painting or sculpture made with an extreme economy of means and reduced to the essentials of geometric abstraction. Guggenheim Museum
  • The reduction of form, the controlled gesture and emotional outburst, the rationalistic behaviour and a sensibilized minimalism – these were the main features of an entirely different standpoint from the one dominating the painting of the preceding decade. Sava Stepanov ON MINIMALISM
  • While many people tend to associate minimalism with painting, the principle is also applied in the creation of musical compositions, theatrical performances, and even interior design. WiseGeek
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Definition from Wikipedia:
Minimalisme bruges om en strømning opstået omkring 1960 i forskellige kunstformer men først og fremmest billedkunst, skulptur og installationskunst. Værket fokuseres omkring abstrakte variationer over de allermest fundamentale dele som f.eks. basale geometriske figurer, der også ofte gentages i serier; kunstneren forsøger at holde sig selv ude af værket. Termen bruges også i mere bred forstand om det at begrænse sig til få virkemidler i forbindelse med litteratur, film og musik.

Example sentence(s):
  • Minimalisme, retning inden for billedkunsten, der opstod i USA i begyndelsen af 1960'erne. - Gyldendals åbne encyklopædi  
  • I lighed med Raymond Carver betegner Helle Helle ikke selv sine værker som minimalistiske, men derimod som en form for tidssvarende realisme. - www.bogvaegten.dk  
  • Der er med andre ord kraftig inflation i minimalisme-begrebet, og det er nødvendigt at nogen sætter sig for at forklare, hvad ordet minimalisme egentlig betyder, og det vil blandt andet sige, hvad det oprindeligt betød. For ét er sikkert: Hvis minimalisme skal betyde alt det, som det er kommet til at betyde de seneste 10-15 år, så betyder det ingenting. - anmeldelse af Minimalismens æstetik  
Marianne Sorensen
Denmark
Local time: 10:24
Native speaker of: Danish
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