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neo-expressionism

neo-expressionism noun: a style of late modernist or early postmodern painting and sculpture that emerged in the late 1970s as a reaction against the minimal and conceptual art of that time, and was characterized by intense subjectivity and rough handling of materials.

Noun

neo-expressionism (uncountable)

  1. A style of late modernist or early postmodern painting and sculpture that emerged in the late 1970s as a reaction against the minimal and conceptual art of that time, and was characterized by intense subjectivity and rough handling of materials.

Origin of neo-expressionism

From neo- + expressionism.

Questions about neo-expressionism

What does neo-expressionism mean?
Neo-expressionism means a style of late modernist or early postmodern painting and sculpture that emerged in the late 1970s as a reaction against the minimal and conceptual art of that time, and was characterized by intense subjectivity and rough handling of materials.
What part of speech is neo-expressionism?
Neo-expressionism is a noun.

Words near neo-expressionism in the dictionary

  1. neo-Ebionite
  2. neo-eugenic
  3. neo-eugenics
  4. Neo-Europe
  5. Neo-Europes
  6. neo-expressionism
  7. neo-expressionist
  8. neo-expressionistic
  9. neo-expressionists
  10. neo-fascism
  11. neo-fascist

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