St. wrote:
> Or rather, as I haven't done anything like minimalism, (at least I don't 
> think so with my images), would this be a minimalist image?
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>   ~Steve~
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Minimal Art emerged as a movement in the 1950s and continued through the 
Sixties and Seventies. It is a term used to describe paintings and 
sculpture that thrive on simplicity in both content and form, and seek 
to remove any sign of personal expressivity. The aim of Minimalism is to 
allow the viewer to experience the work more intensely without the 
distractions of composition, theme and so on.

There are examples of the Minimalist theory being exercised as early as 
the 18th century when Goethe constructed an Altar of Good Fortune made 
simply of a stone sphere and cube. But the 20th century sees the 
movement come into its own. From the 1920s artists such as Malevich and 
Duchamp produced works in the Minimalist vein but the movement is known 
chiefly by its American exponents such as Dan Flavin, Carl Andre, 
Ellsworth Kelly and Donald Judd who reacted against Abstract 
Expressionism in their stark canvases, sculptures and installations.

Minimal Art is related to a number of other movements such as Conceptual 
Art in the way the finished work exists merely to convey a theory, Pop 
Art in their shared fascination with the impersonal and Land Art in the 
construction of simple shapes. Minimal Art proved highly successful and 
has been enormously influential on the development of art in the 20th 
century.

http://www.artmovements.co.uk/minimalism.htm

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