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brutalism|ˈbruːtəlɪz(ə)m| [f. brutal a. + -ism.] 1. Brutal state, brutality.
1803Bristed Pedest. Tour I. Introd. 9 The Norman soldiery..in the systematic uniformity of their brutalism. 1831Southey in Q. Rev. XLV. 439 Brought it from the lowest brutalism to the present degree of civilization. 1876Gentl. Mag. 714 The fight with the brutalism of unbelief. 2. A style of art or architecture characterized by deliberate crudity of design (see quot. 1953).
1953A. & P. Smithson in Archit. Design Dec. 342/2 House in Soho..bare concrete, brickwork and wood..would have been the first exponent of the ‘new brutalism’ in England, as the preamble to the specification shows: ‘It is our intention in this building to have the structure exposed entirely, without internal finishes.’ 1954Archit. Rev. CXV. 274/2 The attitude taken by certain younger English architects and artists, and known, half satirically, as the New Brutalism. 1957New Yorker 2 Nov. 95/1 This sculpture is the fulfillment of a lifetime dedicated to Constructivism..unshaken by the more popular fashions of..Brutalism, and Disintegrationism. 1962Observer 1 Apr. 13/8 A style which Lady Cargill describes as ‘a mild version of the ‘new brutalism’’. |