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con·cret·ism

 (kŏn-krē′tĭz′əm, kŏng-)
n.
1. An artistic movement emphasizing the concrete reality of shape and color independent of representation or symbolism.
2. The practice of writing concrete poetry.

con·cret′ist n.
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concretism

(ˈkɒnkriːˌtɪzəm)
n
the practice of representing abstract concepts in concrete terms
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con•cret•ism

(kɒnˈkri tɪz əm, kɒŋ-, ˈkɒn kriˌtɪz əm, ˈkɒŋ-)

n.
the theory or practice of concrete poetry.
[1965–70]
con•cret′ist, n.
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Noun1.concretism - a representation of an abstract idea in concrete terms
internal representation, mental representation, representation - a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image
embodiment, shape - a concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept; "a circle was the embodiment of his concept of life"
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Needless to say, there was a limit to what we could set in the journal with cold type, while later, probably by 1966 or 67, we could do something as outre and extravagant as the "Anthology of Concretism" issue (which was bought up and reissued by Swallow Press after we published it).
Hence, also any semantics for impossibility statements that extends Lewis's concretism about possible worlds should be plenitudinous.
(In 2011 Weissmann's geometric steel sculpture, Estructura, of 1969 fetched a record $386,500 at Christie's New York.) Defined by rigid geometries and objectivity, concrete art in turn gave rise to the neo-concrete movement led by Clark, Oiticica and Pape, a rebellion against the rigours of concretism, and a call for art to be understood in relation to audiences and the human body.
the concretism's thesis: there are only individuals (nominalism); b.
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Concretism occupies a solid position in both architecture and art in Finland.
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This poetic work by the late Brazilian artist Lygia Pape, who died in 2004, is connected to Neo-Concretism, a movement committed to promoting interactive links by removing the hurdles that made Concretism remote for the audience so its social dimension could be explored.
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