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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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a-4 pref. of negation and privation, repr. Gr.
a- (before a vowel
AN-2) =
UN-1. Occurs in (i) words repr. Gr. comps., mostly via F. or L., and in which the significance of the pref. is wholly or partially obscured, as
abyss,
adamant,
amethyst,
atom; (ii) terms of the arts and sciences, having Gr. bases, but coming mainly through late, med., or modL., as
aseptic,
athematic; (iii) such terms derived from other bases, as
asexual; (iv) gen. terms modelled on these, as
amoral,
asocial.
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Primitivism Revisited: After the End of an Idea.
Magazine article from: African Arts; 3/22/2008; ; 700+ words
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Renegotiating identity; "Primitivism" in 20th Century Art as family narrative.
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Jungle creatures and dancing apes: modern primitivism and Nella Larsen's Quicksand.(Critical Essay)
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Museum of Modern Art announces new exhibition, "Primitivism."
PR Newswire; 9/4/1984; 700+ words
; ...the opening of the much awaited "'Primitivism' in 20th Century Art: Affinity of...University's Institute of Fine Arts. "'Primitivism' in 20th Century Art will include some...expanded Museum store. Admission to "'Primitivism' in 20th Century Art: Affinity of...
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From Greenwich Village to Taos: Primitivism and Place at Mabel Dodge Luhan's.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Southwestern American Literature; 9/22/2008; ; 700+ words
; From Greenwich Village to Taos: Primitivism and Place at Mabel Dodge Luhan's by...Burke maintains, are modernism, primitivism, and place. She points out that...s circle, embraced the concept of primitivism, which Burke describes as "a white...
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"Primitivism" in 20th Century Art. (Museum of Modern Art, New York)
Magazine article from: The Nation; 12/1/1984; ; 700+ words
; ...reminded of that dim didactic effort by the publicity for "Primitivism" in 20th Century Art at the Museum of Modern Art, which...meant to make the observer rethink his or her concept of primitivism. If those dark exotic cultures could produce objects indistinguishable...
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Environmental primitivism and the noble savage. (Environment).
Magazine article from: Quadrant; 3/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...cultural heritage. What we have here is environmental primitivism. It is Rousseau's Noble Savage suitably reworked to serve certain environmental theories. Environmental primitivism portrays tribal societies unjustly by supposing that they...
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Contemporary Bushman art, identity politics and the primitivism discourse
Magazine article from: Anthropologica; 1/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...with Western collectors, who cherish it for its alleged primitivism and its "eery echoes" with rock art of yore, and the art...concern is to examine the effect on this connection of the primitivism discourse that surrounds the art, from the perspective of...
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Primitivism and Related Ideas in Antiquity.(Review)
Magazine article from: Medium Aevum; 9/22/1998; 448 words
; Arthur O. Lovejoy and George Boas, Primitivism and Related Ideas in Antiquity, with supplementary essays by W. F. Albright and P.-E. Dumont (Baltimore and London: Johns...
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Primitivism, racism, and misogyny in Latin American cinema.(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 8/1/2008; 482 words
; 9780773451384 Primitivism, racism, and misogyny in Latin American cinema. Barrueto, Jorge J. Edwin Mellen Pr. 2008 271 pages $109.95 Hardcover PN1993...
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Primitivism
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Primitivism Definitions of the term primitivism have varied historically in their intellectual usage and inflection across the disciplines. In its broadest sense, primitivism is an interest in or study of societies and cultures that...
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Neo-primitivism
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art
Neo-primitivism. A movement or trend in Russian painting...heritage. The main exponents of Neo-primitivism were Goncharova and Larionov , and...published in 1913— Neo-Primitivism: Its Theory, its Possibilities...
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primitivism
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
primitivism and the cult of ‘the noble...individual works like Behn's Oroonoko . Primitivism took the form of a revolt against luxury...classicism . (See Hurd ; Gray, T. ) Primitivism proposed a belief in man's natural...
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Neo-Primitivism
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art
Neo-Primitivism. See Larionov .
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primitive
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art
...of modern art, the term ‘primitivism’ has been employed to refer...broader sense, the term ‘primitivism’ has been used to embrace...century, it was not until the 1890s that primitivism made a significant impact on Western...
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