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Marcel Duchamp conceptualism : 1. (in philosophjy) a theory, intermediate between realism and nominalism, that the mind has the power of forming for itself general conceptions of individual or single objects.

2. (in art) a school of abstract art in which the ideas embodied by a piece are more central to the work than the means used to create it.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)


Related isms

  • nominalism
  • realism


    External Links

  • Nominalism, Realism, Conceptualism ~ from New Advent
  • Conceptual Art ~ from Wikipedia
  • Movements in Modern Art :: CONCEPTUALISM



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