Purism

Purism, from the adjective pure (Latin purus = pure, unadulterated, honest) means in aesthetics a heavyweight on the clear, Exact, Regular, and unadulterated. Purist flows often follow waves of Mannerism and of eclecticism, take for example a overabundance of the ornament with it.

In a narrower sense of purism is a sense of art and architecture of the 20th century. It was founded ( After Cubism ) by Amédée Ozenfant and Charles -Edouard Jeanneret (Le Corbusier ) in 1918 with the manifesto Après le cubisme.

The purists aimed for a simple functional painting and construction, in which aesthetics and machinery world should unite. On a rational basis of simple geometric shapes should be used with machine-like precision. They appreciate the golden section as an ideal proportion. Purely decorative elements rejected them.

Similarities with the purism of minimalism.

• Art style
• Architectural style