Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Styles and Periods Facet
3. Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)
4. [styles, periods, and cultures by region]
5. [international post-1945 styles and movements]
6. [post-1945 fine arts styles and movements]

Anotations

Scope note:

Refers to the international avant-garde art and poetry movement based in Paris and begun by Romanian writer Isidore Isou in 1945. In the visual arts, the style is characterized by the use of letters, numbers, and signs as motifs, rather than elements of language.