{{Short description|Artistic style using simple materials and minimal details}} '''Reductive art''' is a term to describe an artistic style or an aesthetic, rather than an art movement. Movements and other terms associated with reductive art include Minimal art, ABC art, anti-illusionism, cool art, rejective art,<ref>Green, Jonathan. ''Newspeak: a Dictionary of Jargon'', p.155. London : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1984.</ref> Bauhaus aesthetic, work that emphasizes clarity, simplification, reduced means, reduction of form, streamlined composition, primary shapes, and restricted color.<ref>Maximalist Painting: "More is More", Essay: "A Reaction to Reductive Art" by Rachel Thornton, Florida State University Museum of Art. p 5,6.</ref> It is also characterized by the use of plain-spoken materials, precise craftsmanship and intellectual rigor.<ref>''MINUS SPACE: The Art of Reduction'', P.S.1 Newspaper, Fall / Winter 2008, p. 2.</ref>
==See also== *Robert Morris (artist) *Robert Ryman *Brice Marden *Agnes Martin *Robert Mangold *Ivo Ringe *Ellsworth Kelly<ref>https://www.phillipscollection.org/blog/2023-10-23-ellsworth-kelly-sculpture-conservation-treatment</ref> *Carmen Herrera<ref>https://brooklynrail.org/2024/04/artseen/Carmen-Herrera-Paintings-on-Paper/</ref> *Michael Fried
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==External links== * [http://www.minusspace.com/ MINUS SPACE reductive art] * [http://www.patrickmorrisseyhanz.co.uk/ Patrick Morrissey and Hanz Hancock] * [http://www.reductivemusic.com/ reductive music] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210620104309/http://www.reductivemusic.com/ |date=2021-06-20 }} * [http://www.saturationpoint.org.uk/ Saturation Point]
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