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minimalism
minimalism schools of contemporary art and music, with their origins in the 1960s, that have emphasized simplicity and objectivity. Minimalism in the Visual Arts Reacting against the formal excesses and raw emotionalism of abstract expressionism , the practitioners of minimal art (also sometimes... Read more |
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Sensory deprivation
Sensory deprivation Definition Sensory deprivation, or Restricted Environmental Stimulation Therapy (REST), is a technique by which sensory input (sound, light, smell, etc.) is minimized. This practice encourages an extremely deep level of relaxation . REST is typically conducted in a float tank,... Read more |
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Grazing
Grazing The term grazing is used to describe the eating of small, frequent meals, or mini-meals, throughout the day, typically every three to four hours. Grazing does not mean constantly eating snack foods, but rather is a concept of consuming one's daily food intake,... Read more |
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Minimization
Minimization BIBLIOGRAPHY In his influential 1784 essay “Idea for a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Intent,” Immanuel Kant (1724 Read more |
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Misonix Inc
Misonix, Inc. 1938 New HighwayFarmingdale, New York 11735U.S.A.Telephone: (631) 694-9555Toll Free: (800) 694-9612Fax: (631) 6940941Web site: http://www.misonix.com Public CompanyIncorporated: 1967 as Heat Systems-Ultrasonics, Inc.Employees: 214Sales: $45.9 million (2005)Stock Exchanges:... Read more |
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Epidermolysis Bullosa
Epidermolysis Bullosa Definition Epidermolysis bullosa (EB) is a group of rare inherited skin diseases that are characterized by the development of blisters following minimal pressure to the skin. Blistering often appears in infancy in response to simply being held or handled. In rarer forms of... Read more |
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Minimal art
Minimal art. A type of abstract art, particularly sculpture, characterized by extreme simplicity of form and a deliberate lack of expressive content; it emerged as a trend in the late 1950s and flourished particularly in the 1960s and 1970s. (The term was evidently first used in print by the British... Read more |
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minimal area
minimal area The smallest area that can contain the species representative of a particular plant community. When the number of species recorded in increasingly larger sample units is plotted graphically (to give a species-area curve), the minimal area is the point at which the curve becomes... Read more |
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perception
perception in psychology, mental organization and interpretation of sensory information. The Gestalt psychologists studied extensively the ways in which people organize and select from the vast array of stimuli that are presented to them, concentrating particularly on visual stimuli. Perception... Read more |
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Double exposure.
...Slavoj Zizek to focus on topics they considered...the floors. The vision reminded me of the...the end of The New Vision (first published...about structural clarity, not light effects...a dematerialized minimalism: a sublimation...modernism" and "Minimalism" once meant. In... |