Orphism
Dionysian Greek religion
Orphism names two distinct movements.
In ancient Greece, it was a mystery religion centered on myths of Orpheus and Dionysus, emphasizing purification rituals and belief in the soul's immortality.
In early 20th-century art, Orphism (also called Orphic Cubism) describes the abstract, color-saturated paintings of Robert Delaunay and others who moved beyond Cubism's muted tones toward pure chromatic expression.
Religion with guarded rites
- DionysusGreek deity of wine
- PersephoneGreek underworld queen
- initiationFormal admission ceremony
- afterlifeExistence beyond mortality
reincarnation · transmigration · Orphic hymns · Bacchic · ritual purity · underworld · Eurydice · sacred texts
Plotinus's systematic mystical metaphysics
- PlatonismPhilosophy emphasizing ideal Forms
- dualismPhilosophy of opposed pairs
- soulInnermost animating essence
- purificationRemoval of contaminants
cosmic egg · emanationism · theurgy · esotericism · Hermeticism · metaphysics · immortality · divine spark
Fragmented geometric abstraction
- abstractionDistilling to essential qualities
- simultaneityState of coexisting temporally
- color theoryFramework for understanding hues
- chromaticRelating to color
prismatic · lyrical abstraction · modernism · avant-garde · geometric · luminosity · rhythmic · Paris
mystery cult
Religion with guarded rites
- DionysusGreek deity of wine
- PersephoneGreek underworld queen
- initiationFormal admission ceremony
afterlife · reincarnation · transmigration · Orphic hymns · Bacchic · ritual purity · underworld · Eurydice · sacred texts · vegetarianism
Neoplatonism
Plotinus's systematic mystical metaphysics
- PlatonismPhilosophy emphasizing ideal Forms
- dualismPhilosophy of opposed pairs
- soulInnermost animating essence
purification · cosmic egg · emanationism · theurgy · esotericism · Hermeticism · metaphysics · immortality · divine spark · liberation
Cubism
Fragmented geometric abstraction
- abstractionDistilling to essential qualities
- simultaneityState of coexisting temporally
- color theoryFramework for understanding hues
chromatic · prismatic · lyrical abstraction · modernism · avant-garde · geometric · luminosity · rhythmic · Paris · Futurism
OrphismSuprematism
Abstract geometric art movement
Constructivism · naturalism · Cubism · Futurism · Minimalism