Hello sushipet,
After researching your question, here is what I have come up with:
"Minimalism is a style of art in which objects are stripped down to
their elemental, geometric form, and presented in an impersonal
manner. It is an Abstract form of art which developed as a reaction
against the subjective elements of Abstract Expressionism."
Artcyclopedia: Minimalism
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/history/minimalism.html
As the above definition states, it was a movement that developed
against the Abstract Expressionism movement which was centered in New
York City from 1946 to the 1960s. The artist in Abstract Expressionism
expressed himself using form and color, and there were no concrete
objects represented.
Artcyclopedia: Abstract Expressionism
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/history/abstract-expressionism.html
Another definition that I found was: "A twentieth century art movement
and style stressing the idea of reducing a work of art to the minimum
number of colors, values, shapes, lines and textures. No attempt is
made to represent or symbolize any other object or experience." (by
Michael Delahunt)
ArtLex on Minimalism
http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/m/minimalism.html
I highly recommend the above page if you want some visual images of
what this art looked like. You will find that it focuses on one main
"theme" and uses few colours. There are many works with pictures
available which perfectly fit into this definition.
The following page has six different paintings (examples of
Minimalism) and if you click on the painting, you can read about the
painter, the painting and how the work of art fits into the Minimalism
movement.
Guggenheim Collection - Movement - Minimalism
http://www.guggenheimcollection.org/site/movement_works_Minimalism_0.html
The following page from the University of Colorado at Denver has some
excellent links to further definitions and academically solid sources:
http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~mryder/itc_data/minimalism.html
If you need any clarifications on this answer, let me know and I will
do my best to further assist you.
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