Orphism
[awr-fiz-uh m]
noun
the religious or philosophical system of the Orphic school.
(often lowercase) Also called orphic cubism. Fine Arts. a short-lived but influential artistic movement of the early 20th century arising from analytic cubism and the work of Robert Delaunay and having as conspicuous characteristics the use of bold color, the dynamic, prismatic juxtaposition and overlapping of nonobjective geometric forms and planes, and a lightness and lyricism dissociated from its cubist origins.
Compare synchromism.
Origin of Orphism
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Historical Examples of orphism
Orphism took up the beliefs of paganism, and adapted them to its own ends.
The Unpopular Review Vol. IVarious
But Orphism was also connected with Crete, and Cretan civilization had oriental affinities.
Orphism and the Mysteries had attempted the same thing in the Grecian world without achieving a lasting success.
The ApostlesErnest Renan
Orphism is especially important because it taught men to expect in the future life not only rewards but also punishments.
The Origin of Paul's ReligionJ. Gresham Machen
But Orphism, though liable to degradation, purified and elevated the old Bacchic rites.
The Legacy of GreeceVarious
Orphism
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