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) | 1. | Fine Arts. a nonrepresentational style of art developed by a group of Russian artists principally in the early 20th century, characterized chiefly by a severely formal organization of mass, volume, and space, and by the employment of modern industrial materials. Compare suprematism. |
| 2. | Theater. a style of scenic design characterized by abstraction, simplification, and stylization rather than realistic imitation. |
| con·struc·tiv·ism (kən-strŭk'tə-vĭz'əm) n. A movement in modern art originating in Moscow in 1920 and characterized by the use of industrial materials such as glass, sheet metal, and plastic to create nonrepresentational, often geometric objects. con·struc'tiv·ist n. |