| Minimalism was an art form in which the work | | | | anonimity. The viewer was supposed to |
| was stripped to its barest features. It identified | | | | experience the work more intensely, without any |
| with Western Art following World War 11. | | | | distractions such as composition or form. In fact |
| "Minimalist" is self-explanatory referring to a work | | | | the finished work merely conveyed a theory. |
| showing only an outline. The colour was limited. | | | | Minimalist art had different phases.The forms |
| The design could be simple geometric, but with no | | | | were distilled, so that the masses could |
| representation, symbolism or imagery. | | | | understand what they saw, and it was hoped that |
| The paintings were hard edged, forming rigid | | | | this would create a universal art language. |
| planes of colour or just one single colour. The | | | | In the 1960's another phase was that the works |
| viewer was expected to perceive a relationship | | | | were completely devoid self-expression. Soon the |
| between the parts within the work and the parts | | | | minimilists began using rectangular and cubic |
| of the whole work. I imagine if one were | | | | images, negating all meaning, areas, and themes. |
| confronted by a blank painted canvas, this would | | | | Just the single canvas, blank or otherwise caught |
| be somewhat difficult. | | | | the eye. Art had abandoned nature altogether. |
| The aim was for complete simplicity. There was | | | | Copyright. |
| no sign of personal expression, hence the works' | | | | |