conceptual
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Disillusioned by painting around 1913, Duchamp employed these objects to shift art from optical pleasure to conceptual provocation.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026
When she came to “Rooster,” she said, Cristle was a conceptual kernel she teased into a labyrinth.
From Salon • May 11, 2026
It didn’t take a miracle, only a complete conceptual overhaul.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
But her invention, patented in 1919 although not manufactured in her lifetime, was a conceptual breakthrough.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
Whereas visual vocabulary tends to be more detailed, we lack nuanced conceptual words to describe sound and our relationship to it.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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