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Formalism vs Deconstructivism - What's the difference?

formalism | deconstructivism |

As nouns the difference between formalism and deconstructivism

is that formalism is strict adherence to a given form of conduct, practice etc while deconstructivism is (architecture) a development of postmodern architecture that began in the late 1980s, characterized by ideas of fragmentation, an interest in manipulating ideas of a structure's surface or skin, and non-rectilinear shapes which serve to distort and dislocate.

formalism

English

(wikipedia formalism)

Noun

  • Strict adherence to a given form of conduct, practice etc.
  • (computing) One of several alternative computational paradigms for a given theory.
  • (literature) An approach to interpretation and/or evaluation focused on the (usually linguistic) structure of a literary work rather than on the contexts of its origin or reception.
  • (music) The tendency to elevate formal above expressive value in music, as in serialism.
  • (mathematics, physics) A particular mathematical or scientific theory or description of a given state or effect.
  • * 2011 , & Jeff Forshaw, The Quantum Universe , Allen Lane 2011, p. 54:
    • Heisenberg seems to have been motivated by his intense annoyance that Schrödinger's more intuitive version of quantum theory was more widely accepted than his own, even though both formalisms led to the same results.

    Related terms

    * formalist

    External links

    * * English words suffixed with -ism

    deconstructivism

    English

    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia deconstructivism)
  • (architecture) A development of postmodern architecture that began in the late 1980s, characterized by ideas of fragmentation, an interest in manipulating ideas of a structure's surface or skin, and non-rectilinear shapes which serve to distort and dislocate.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=February 18, author=, title=English Renaissance; ‘Not for Sale’; Abu Dhabi Arts District; Robert Moses, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=As an artist I have to ask: How much God is there in art theories like appropriation, deconstructivism , simulation and consumerism, which from the mid-1970s on have dominated the syllabus of many institutions that teach, critique and exhibit art? }}

    Synonyms

    * deconstruction

    See also

    * constructivism