synchromism
a movement of the early 20th century led by American artists and manifested in their experimentation with nonfigurative or entirely abstract paintings containing shapes and volumes of pure color.: Compare Orphism (def. 2).
Origin of synchromism
1Other words from synchromism
- syn·chro·mist, noun, adjective
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How to use synchromism in a sentence
Macdonald-Wright approached his conception of synchromism from the opposite direction.
Modern Painting, Its Tendency and Meaning | Willard Huntington WrightThe word synchromism, adopted by them to avoid obnoxious classification under a foreign banner, means simply “with colour.”
Modern Painting, Its Tendency and Meaning | Willard Huntington WrightToday there are numerous representatives of all the movements from Impressionism to synchromism.
Modern Painting, Its Tendency and Meaning | Willard Huntington WrightThe attacks on synchromism are strangely like those which companioned Impressionism.
Modern Painting, Its Tendency and Meaning | Willard Huntington WrightFrom Delacroix335 to synchromism the critics and public have fought every advance.
Modern Painting, Its Tendency and Meaning | Willard Huntington Wright
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