formalism

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“It’s a compelling marriage of rock elements and classical formalism that doesn’t shortchange either.”

From New York Times

Throughout her career, Ms. Mayer rejected formalism for the avant-garde.

From New York Times

Why is originalism worrying, and how does this echo the 19th-century dominance of the legal doctrine known as "formalism"?

From Salon

That argument isn’t exactly brand-new; it extends back to the very first critics who ventured beyond formalism.

From Los Angeles Times

This is an early appeal to ideas of artistic formalism that would later triumph in abstraction.

From Washington Post