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Definition of Minimal art
1. Noun. An art movement in sculpture and painting that began in the 1950s and emphasized extreme simplification of form and color.
Generic synonyms: Art Movement, Artistic Movement
Derivative terms: Minimalist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Minimal Art
Literary usage of Minimal art
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Minutes by Michigan State Board of Education (1878)
"... seconded by Mrs. Miller, that the minimal art objectives for elementary schools
be approved by the State Board of Education for field testing purposes ..."
2. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"... technical uses—including minimal art and its various related terms in theater,
decoration, design, and fashion—we find that the general uses of minimal ..."
3. Sculpture in Rotterdam by Jan van Adrichem, Jelle Bouwhuis, Mariette Dölle (2002)
"Their art was intended as a response to American Minimal and post-minimal art —
a conscious harking back to classical and centuries-old symbols embedded ..."
4. De Stijl Continued: The Journal Structure (1958-1964) an Artists' Debate by Jonneke Jobse (2005)
"... a bold but fortuitous move - also devoted attention to representatives of
minimal art, Land art and Conceptual art.170 This was one of the last large, ..."
5. Architecture Goes Wild by Kas Oosterhuis (2002)
"though, see Stella and Meier influencing each other in the 1960s, in an equal
contest enacted amidst the chill of minimal art. Stella makes his first bid ..."
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