pur|ism

pur|ism
pur|ism «PYUR ihz uhm», noun.
1. strict or exaggerated observance of purity and correctness in language, art, style, and usage.
2. the insistence that others practice this.
3. the theory or methods of a group of French artists who revolted against cubism and stressed the portrayal of recognizable objects to express the spirit of the machine age: »

In 1918, with Amédée Ozenfant, [Le Corbusier] founded the painting movement called Purism (New Yorker).


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