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Art history

1960s art of plain, often industrially made geometric forms that rejects expression and composition.

In art history, minimalism refers to 1960s art of plain, often industrially made geometric forms that rejects expression and composition. This meaning comes from Battcock (1968) in Minimal art. Here minimalism is this specific meaning.[1]

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Music

music built from repeated patterns, static harmony and gradual processes of change.

In music, minimalism refers to music built from repeated patterns, static harmony and gradual processes of change. This meaning comes from Mertens (1983) in American Minimal Music.[2]

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References

  1. Battcock, G. (1968). Minimal art. E. P. Dutton. ISBN 9780520201477
  2. Mertens, W. (1983). American Minimal Music. Kahn & Averill. ISBN 9781871082005

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