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• suprematism
  suprematism

  noun

  a nonrepresentational style of art developed in Russia in the early 20th century, characterized by severely simple geometric shapes or forms and an extremely limited palette.
• Suprematism
  Suprematism

  noun

  a form of pure cubist art, launched in Russia in 1913, and based on the principle that paintings should be composed only of rectangles, circles, triangles, or crosses

suprematism

American  

[suh-prem-uh-tiz-uhm, soo-] / səˈprɛm əˌtɪz əm, sʊ- /

noun

(sometimes initial capital letter)

1. a nonrepresentational style of art developed in Russia in the early 20th century, characterized by severely simple geometric shapes or forms and an extremely limited palette.

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Suprematism British  

/ sʊˈprɛməˌtɪzəm, sjʊ- /

noun

1. a form of pure cubist art, launched in Russia in 1913, and based on the principle that paintings should be composed only of rectangles, circles, triangles, or crosses

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Other Word Forms

• Suprematist
  noun

Etymology

Origin of suprematism

< Russian suprematízm (1913) < French suprémat ( ie ) supremacy + Russian -izm -ism

Example Sentences

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suprematism Suprematism

Lenin's tomb was designed by AV Shchusev, an architect involved in the constructivist movement and influenced by Kazimir Malevich, the founder of suprematism.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 8, 2011

The artists, however, took it as a stamp of approval for cubo-futurism, suprematism, constructivism and the other isms that the ferment of Western art had helped set off.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ms. Herrera spent six years in this richly intellectual expatriate scene, where she encountered, for the first time, canonical works by Malevich, Mondrian and other artists of Suprematism and De Stijl.

From New York Times ● Sep. 15, 2016

Cubism was “a race to flatness”; Suprematism was “the zero point of painting”; Rodchenko said he made “the last painting”; Ad Reinhardt one-upped him saying he was “making the last painting which anyone can make.”

From Slate ● Sep. 13, 2016

Frere-Jones wrote fiction in high school and also dabbled in Russian Suprematism, a form of abstract painting where squares figure prominently.

From BusinessWeek ● Apr. 8, 2014

Mr. Barr awarded Malevich’s Suprematism a prime spot on his famous 1936 flowchart, as a direct link between Cubism and geometric abstract art.

From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 2011

A vigorous partisan in the art groups of Moscow before, during and after the ^ revolution, Malevich invented a new art movement, consisting essentially of himself: Suprematism.

From Time Magazine Archive