constructivism

[ kuhn-struhk-tuh-viz-uhm ]

noun(sometimes initial capital letter)
  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.

Origin of constructivism

1
First recorded in 1920–25; constructive + -ism

Other words from constructivism

  • con·struc·tiv·ist, noun, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for constructivism

constructivism

/ (kənˈstrʌktɪˌvɪzəm) /


noun
  1. a movement in abstract art evolved in Russia after World War I, primarily by Naum Gabo, which explored the use of movement and machine-age materials in sculpture and had considerable influence on modern art and architecture

  2. philosophy the theory that mathematical entities do not exist independently of our construction of them: Compare intuitionism (def. 4), finitism

Derived forms of constructivism

  • constructivist, adjective, noun

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