• SIGNIFICANT FORM
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      • significant form   A phrase invented by Clive Bell c.1914 to define the specifically aesthetic element in a work of art. That is aesthetically valid ('significant') which is an expression of form: that is formally effective which is significant. A neat example of arguing in a circle.


      • Source: The Penguin Dictionary of Art and Artists (Penguin Reference Books)

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