Orphism
noun
Or·phism
ˈȯr-ˌfi-zəm 
: a mystic Greek religion offering initiates purification of the soul from innate evil and release from the cycle of reincarnation
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Guests were able to peruse their current exhibition Harmony and Dissonance: Orphism in Paris, 1910–1930, which is on view until March 2025.
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Nadja Sayej, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
His exhortation bore fruit in subsequent work that included the Orphism of the French painter Robert Delaunay, for one, who was shown with him in the vastly influential 1913 Armory Show, in New York.
—Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2021
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Nadja Sayej, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
His exhortation bore fruit in subsequent work that included the Orphism of the French painter Robert Delaunay, for one, who was shown with him in the vastly influential 1913 Armory Show, in New York.
—Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2021
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“Orphism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Orphism. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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