Lettrism
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Proper Noun
- 1 A French avant-garde art and literary movement established in the mid-1940s, owing inspiration to Dada and surrealism.
"So if lettrism, like Dada, came out of a reaction against a world war, Lettrism did not remain a protest . . . [but became] an exaltation of permanently renewed arts, philosophy, scientific knowledge, technology; […]"
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More examples"So if lettrism, like Dada, came out of a reaction against a world war, Lettrism did not remain a protest . . . [but became] an exaltation of permanently renewed arts, philosophy, scientific knowledge, technology; […]"
Etymology
From French Lettrisme, ultimately from lettre (“letter”).
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