Minimalism

Vita

Harran II (1967)
5 major artists1.
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Donald Judd
Dan Flavin
Frank Stella
Carl Andrew
Robert Morris

5 stylistic elements1. Usually solid line and color

2. Lots of geometric composition
3. Shaped canvases
4. painting s that were like sculptures that could also be considered as objects
5. Use of lighting (putting a light on a certain angle)
Philosohophy- Post World War II art. A freshened art movement accentuating modernism, also kind of a
new look on European art movements like Bauhaus. Meant to be seen as blunt, and philosophical pieces
of art. Going against the ideals of modernist formalist artists.
Citations1. http://www.theartstory.org/movement-minimalism.htm
2. http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/history-of-art/minimalism.htm