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 * Minimalism** describes movements in various forms of art and design, especially [|visual art] and [|music], where the work is stripped down to its most fundamental features. As a specific movement in the arts it is identified with developments in post–World War II Western Art, most strongly with American visual arts in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Prominent artists associated with this movement include [|Donald Judd], [|John McLaughlin], [|Agnes Martin], [|Dan Flavin], [|Robert Morris], [|Anne Truitt], and [|Frank Stella]. It is rooted in the reductive aspects of [|Modernism], and is often interpreted as a reaction against [|Abstract expressionism] and a bridge to [|Postmodern] art practices.

The term **minimalism** is also used to describe a trend in [|design] and [|architecture] where in the subject is reduced to its necessary elements. Minimalist design has been highly influenced by Japanese traditional design and architecture. In addition, the work of [|De Stijl] artists is a major source of reference for this kind of work. De Stijl expanded the ideas that could be expressed by using basic elements such as lines and planes organized in very particular manners. Architect [|Ludwig Mies van der Rohe] adopted the motto "//[|Less is more]//" to describe his aesthetic tactic of arranging the numerous necessary components of a building to create an impression of extreme simplicity, by enlisting every element and detail to serve multiple visual and functional purposes\



Minimalism as a style has been very popular recently but his reign as the main protagonist of the sites is difficult as to create environments too simple, clean, neutral , many people find it very welcoming and may get bored.

One of the charms of the decoration and interior design is that they are in constant evolution, that allows from one style or mix several other slight variations arise , as in the case of " minimalism to color , one of the premises of minimalism is the use of neutral colors and smooth , chocolate , white or black are the main players , if we change these tones with more cheerful but maintain the simplicity of form , we get an interesting effect.

It is played with simple geometric shapes to design the furniture, light modular compositions , few frills and incorporating only the essential , but while those few elements that we incorporate are full of life with color , we can combine surfaces painted in bright colors and intense that we convey a sense of strength and energy , beyond the minimalist tranquility and relaxation. []