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Orphism
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Orphism
[religion] Orphism (more rarely Orphicism) (Ancient Greek: Ὀρφικά) is the name given to a set of religious beliefs and practices in the ancient Greek and the Hellenistic world, as well as by the Thracians, associated with literature ascribed to the mythical poet Orpheus, who descended... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orphism_(religion)
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Orphism
[art] Orphism or Orphic Cubism (1910-13), the term coined by the French poet Guillaume Apollinaire, was a little known art movement during the time of Cubism that focused on pure abstraction and bright colors influenced by Fauvism and the dye chemist Eugène Chevreul. This movement was pione... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orphism_(art)
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Orphism
Type of abstract or semi-abstract painting practised by a group of artists in Paris between 1911 and 1914. Orphism owed much to the fragmented forms of cubism (indeed it is sometimes ... Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688
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Orphism
Ancient Greek mystery religion of which the Orphic hymns, poems attributed to the legendary poet Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688
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Orphism
Sometimes called Orphic Cubism. The term was coined about 1912-13 by the French poet and art critic Guillaume Apollinaire. He used it to describe the Cubist influenced work of Robert Delaunay and his wife Sonia, and to distinguish their very abstract and colourful work from Cubism generally. The nam... Found op http://www.tate.org.uk/collections/glossary/definition.jsp?entryId=210
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Orphism
in the visual arts, an artistic trend derived from Cubist painting that gave priority to colour. The movement was named in 1912 by the French poet ... [7 related articles] Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/o/33
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Orphism
Orphism was a mystic cult of ancient Greece, believed to have been drawn from the writings of the legendary poet and musician Orpheus. Fragmentary poetic passages, including inscriptions on gold tablets found in the graves of Orphic followers from the 6th century BC, indicate that Orphism was based ... Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/VO.HTM
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Orphism
(art) Type of abstract or semi-abstract painting practised by a group of artists in Paris between 1911 and 1914. Orphism owed much to the fragmented forms of cubism (indeed it is sometimes called Orphic cubism). However, while cubism at this time was coolly intellectual and almost colourle...... Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0039897.html
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