Hypergraphy

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A key method of Lettrism that merges poetry with visual arts. uncountable

    "The paradigm had been different for artists such as Picasso and Braque, Paul Klee and Mark Tobey who had used writing, letters, signs, and symbols before hypergraphy; their works were seen as figurative or non-figurative."

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"The paradigm had been different for artists such as Picasso and Braque, Paul Klee and Mark Tobey who had used writing, letters, signs, and symbols before hypergraphy; their works were seen as figurative or non-figurative."

Etymology

From hyper- + -graphy.

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