rayonism

noun

ray·​on·​ism

ˈrāəˌnizəm

plural -s

: a painting style initiated in Russia in 1911 by Michael Larionov in which natural appearances are depicted as semiabstractions of radiating rays of light

Word History

Etymology

French rayonisme, from rayon ray + -isme -ism

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