Minimalism as civilization paradigmat the beginning of the 21. century

• Main Author: Vasilski Dragana
• Format: Article
• Language: srp
• Published: Institute of Architecture and Urban and Spatial Planning of Serbia 2008-01-01
• Series: Arhitektura i Urbanizam
• Subjects: minimalisms; essence; simplicity; absence; reduction
• Online Access: http://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0354-6055/2008/0354-60550823014V.pdf

The term minimalism is currently used descriptively to refer to a style marked by a certain asceticism in the art, architecture and design. It has begun from American Minimal Art of the 1960s in the fields of painting and sculpture and has filtered into other sectors of society. It is now found in fashion, music, literature and interior decoration, as well as architecture. Minimalisms has come to define the result of the use of simple geometric forms, pure and simple lines, the modular principle, surfaces with a smooth industrial appearance that negate any character of handmade individuality. As far as architecture is concerned, minimalism is characterized by the emphasis on essential elements - like light and the way it falls on the volumes and masses that make up buildings and shape space and structure. Linear structures and essential geometric forms define identity but despite the apparent simplicity of these works the effect they make is extremely complex.