constructivism
[ kuh n-struhk-tuh-viz-uh m ]
/ kənˈstrʌk təˌvɪz əm /
noun (sometimes initial capital letter)
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.
Theater.
a style of scenic design characterized by abstraction, simplification, and stylization rather than realistic imitation.
Origin of constructivism
First recorded in 1920–25;
constructive +
-ism
OTHER WORDS FROM constructivism
con·struc·tiv·ist, noun, adjectiveWords nearby constructivism
British Dictionary definitions for constructivism
constructivism
/ (kənˈstrʌktɪˌvɪzəm) /
noun
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
philosophy
the theory that mathematical entities do not exist independently of our construction of them
Compare intuitionism (def. 4), finitism