Maximalism
Deliberate accumulation: pattern on pattern, color on color, more held together on purpose rather than by accident.
How it connects
Maximalism relates to Eclectic.
In other taxonomies
- maximalismWikidata, Q2246318related, not the same
- Getty AATno equivalent
For developersRecord, identifiers and graph
Where it sits
One rule per term beside it, taller for each narrower term
Maximalism
22 terms, Minimalism to Constructivism
Record
- Seen in the wild
- Modern Maximalism
- Provenance
- evidencedan editorial image library (src-02), read 21 Aug 2026
- Kind
- Market idiomA category the trade converged on, defined by resemblance to central cases and by nothing else. There is no manifesto to appeal to, and asking for necessary and sufficient conditions misunderstands it.
For machines
Permanent address
/id/style/maximalismKnowledge graph
Stored incoming and outgoing relations from the public V1 graph. Ancestors, descendants, and siblings are labelled as derived views rather than stored facts.
Crosswalks
| Scheme | Identifier | Their label, or the search | How close |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wikidata | Q2246318 | maximalism | related, not the same |
| Getty AAT | no equivalent | searched 21 Oct 2026maximalism OR maximalist OR "Maximalist Style" via https://vocab.getty.edu/sparql | none |