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constructivism
[f. constructive a. + -ism.]
1. [ad. Russ. konstruktivízm]
a. The theory or use of mechanical structures in theatrical settings.
1924H. Carter New Theatre Soviet Russia 71 Constructivism was also influenced by futurism. 1929― New Spirit Russ. Theatre 225 There are two methods by which an artist may express an idea: (1) Constructivism, or symbols and emblems of the world without us; and (2) Expressionism, or symbols and emblems of the world within us. 1929Observer 1 Dec. 15/2 Constructivism was simply to be the theatrical parallel to industrial technique, demanding the exclusion of all useless decoration and the precise functional organization of the stage. 1959W. C. Lounsbury Backstage from A to Z 24 Constructivism, a once popular theatre movement in Russia (during the twenties) with the emphasis on machines, mechanical devices, and skeleton construction.
b. An artistic movement, originating in Moscow in 1920, concerned mainly with expression by means of constructions (construction 4 a); the type of art produced by this movement.
1929Times Lit. Suppl. 31 Jan. 74/4 The cubism and surrealism of Paris, the futurism of Italy, the constructivism of Moscow. 1933H. Read Art Now 110 We are in a world of inorganic, of mechanic, sensibility. If there is an undertone it is an undertone of the machine: the dynamo, the rock-drill, the hydraulic pump. Because of this relation, this aspect of cubism is sometimes given a special label: Constructivism. 1948― Philos. Mod. Art (1952) xii. 217 Naum Gabo..was..one of the founders of the abstract movement in Moscow known as Constructivism. 1948Archit. Rev. CIV. 299/1 The Renaissance school which took the place of this nihilistic constructivism is also proving worthless in face of the new Soviet architecture. 1961Times 23 Jan. 16/1 All this makes constructivism one of the most satisfying types of abstract art.
2. A view of mathematics according to which only constructive proofs, and entities demonstrable by them, are admissible.
1959Philos. Rev. LXVIII. 324 In the philosophy of mathematics, Platonism stands opposed to various degrees of constructivism. 1981Davis & Hersh Math. Experience vii. 318 In any discussion of the foundations of mathematics, three standard dogmas are presented: Platonism, formalism, and constructivism. |