eclecticism
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Theory or practice of an eclectic.
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Syncretism also occurs commonly in expressions of arts and culture (known as eclecticism ) as well as politics ( syncretic politics ).
If the performance calendar embodies a sense of spontaneity and genre-resisting eclecticism, like the anything-goes coffeehouses of the bygone Beat era, the building may serve as inspiration.
Postmodernism in architecture is marked by a re-emergence of surface ornament, reference to surrounding buildings in urban architecture, historical reference in decorative forms ( eclecticism ), and non-orthogonal angles.
Quoted and translated in Tinterow, Conisbee et al. 1999, p. 70. Ingres' stylistic eclecticism represented a new tendency in art.
In the short term, the sheer eclecticism in evidence enhanced the director's reputation.
On the contrary, ideologically, bebop was a strong statement of rejection of any kind of eclecticism, propelled by a desire to activate something deeply buried in self.