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“primitivism” is less an aesthetic movement than a sensibility or cultural attitude that hasinformed diverse aspects of modern art. it refers to modern art that alludes to specificstylistic elements of tribal objects and other non-western art forms. with roots in late-19th-century romanticism’s fascination with foreign civilizations and dista