formalist

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Coogler and actor Adrien Brody both wore broad-shouldered suits paired with T-shirts and more formalist cummerbunds — a house style of Fear of God.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2025

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

Zonana again employs the same formalist approach he used in his stunning debut, "Workforce," with artfully composed still shots that observe the action in a cold, detached manner.

From Salon • Jan. 20, 2023

Thorogood’s graphic memoir about her journey with depression is also a masterful formalist investigation of comics storytelling and a meta-exploration of memoir narratives.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 23, 2022

He seemed to the king to be a tiresome formalist and censor, who was only scrupulous in resisting the royal will.

From A History of Elizabethan Literature by Saintsbury, George