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Minimalism describes movements in various forms of art and design, especially Visual Art and Music , where the work is stripped down to its most fundamental features. As a specific movement in the arts it is identified with developments in post-World War II Western Art, most strongly with American visual arts in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Prominent artists associated with this movement include Donald Judd , Carl Andre and Richard Serra . It is rooted in the reductive aspects of Modernism , and is often interpreted as a reaction against Abstract Expressionism and a bridge to Postmodern art practices. The term has expanded to encompass a movement in music which features repetition and iteration, as in the compositions of Steve Reich , Philip Glass , John Adams , and Terry Riley . (See also Post-Minimalism ). The term "minimalist" is often applied colloquially to designate anything which is spare or stripped to its essentials. It has also been used to describe the Play s of Samuel Beckett , the Film s of Robert Bresson , the stories of Raymond Carver , and even the automobile designs of Colin Chapman . MUSICAL MINIMALISM See Also: Minimalist music
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