HORROR VACUI

"Nature abhors a vacuum"Parmenides c 485 BC

...filling all the space with detail

all-overness

anti-hierarchy

the opposite of Minimalism

examples:

Egyptian hieroglyphsIlluminated manuscripts - Book of KellsIslamic art and carpets etcMedieval decorationPreRaphaelites and Victorian Gothic revivalRichard DaddVan Gogh

Jackson PollockJean DubuffetOutsider artPsychedelic artKeith HaringPaul Noble (image above)Where's WallyFractalsDoodling