🖼ap art history review

Minimalism

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

A design approach emphasizing simplicity, functionality, and the elimination of unnecessary ornamental elements, central to modernist architecture and Le Corbusier's design philosophy.

AP course connection

Topic 10.1: 10.1 Materials, Processes, and Techniques in Global Contemporary Art

Unit 10