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Rectilinear vs Deconstructivism - What's the difference?

rectilinear | deconstructivism |

As an adjective rectilinear

is in a straight line.

As a noun 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.

rectilinear

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • In a straight line.
  • The crankshaft and connecting rods of an engine convert the rectilinear motion of the pistons to rotary motion of the flywheel.
  • (geometry, arts) Formed from straight lines.
  • 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.
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  • , 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