Horror vacui (art)
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In visual art, horror vacui, or kenophobia, is a phenomenon in which the entire surface of a space or an artwork is filled with detail and content, leaving as little perceived emptiness as possible. I
The art of Swiss outsider artist Adolf Wölfli contains spaces densely filled with ornamentation, writing and musical notation.
The Fall of Babylon, engraving by Jean Duvet from the Apocalypse series, circa 1555, plate size: 11+7⁄8 in × 8+3⁄8 in (300 mm × 210 mm)
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Mango store in Barcelona
Maximalism
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In the arts, maximalism is an aesthetic characterized by excess and abundance, serving as a reaction against minimalism. The philosophy can be summarized as "more is more", contrasting with the minima
Horror vacui (art)
…Ma (negative space) Maximalism Negative space…
Studio Job Headquarters, Antwerp, Belgium, by Job Smeets, 2018
Vans Half Cab 33 DX 30th Anniversary shoes, an example of maximalist design