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Significant form

Scope note

Certain combinations of lines, colors, and spatial elements that excite pure aesthetic emotion; term coined by art critic Clive Bell. MHDOA

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300056183

Broader Terms used

<aesthetic concepts>

Term used for

form, significant

Created

13yrs ago

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