Meaning of Epsteinism | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The style of sculpture associated with Jacob Epstein.
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2. The philosophy of Richard Epstein.
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Examples

“Good will come, no doubt, to painting from the crudities called Cubism, to sculpture from the horrors of Epsteinism, when all these practitioners have seen the errors of their ways and arrived at something; and so music will profit by the experiments being made by composers of this generation.”

“St. John Damascene known as the foe of iconoclasts might well become the patron of a holy iconoclasm that should rid our churches of unsightly statues, whether inspired by Epsteinism or merely vulgar.”

“Some of these have carried us into the jungles of Epsteinism in sculpture and bold outer functionalism in architecture.”

“And once you enter the land of metaphor, you are on a very slippery slope toward Epsteinism.”

“They reject Epsteinism because it sacrifices fundamental civil and political rights on the altar of wealth maximization.”

“And it is not the owners of hundred-foot-front lots, or even quarter-acre lots, who would benefit if Epsteinism were to triumph.”

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