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PREFERRED TERM
Modernism  
DEFINITION
  • A style in art characterized by a deliberate break with classical and traditional forms or methods of expression; the work or ideas of the adherents of such a movement.
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
  • Clarke, Michael. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms (2nd ed). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. (online); Simpson, John; Weiner, Edmund (eds). The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989. [www.oed.com]
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Style Art Nouveau

French

Style Nouille
Modern style
Stile Modernista

Italian

Estilo modernista

Spanish

URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/673
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