formalist
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More than 100 of his creations made from the 1950s through the 1980s outline his career, from its beginnings in functional pottery to explorations in abstract formalist constructions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
In the 51-page, partially redacted document, Sir Peter said Harry's lawyers had taken "an inappropriate, formalist interpretation of the Ravec process".
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2024
My dad is a die-hard Beatles fan too — that’s how I learned like, a formalist pop song structure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2023
Among the buzziest has been “The Zone of Interest,” a soulless formalist exercise from the British filmmaker Jonathan Glazer.
From New York Times ● May 25, 2023
But Goethe was not a formalist, and he was very far from the static conception of life which is at the base of pure morphology.
From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
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