In visual art, horror vacui (English pronunciation: /ˈhɔrər ˈvɑːkjuːaɪ/; from Latin "fear of empty space", which might be represented by white spots; also cenophobia, pronounced /sɛnəˈfoʊbɪə/, from Greek "fear of the empty"[1]) is the filling of the entire surface of an artwork with detail.
In physics horror vacui, or plenism, is a theory first proposed by Aristotle in the Fourth book of Physics (or Physica) that nature abhors a vacuum, and therefore empty space would always be trying to suck in gas or liquids to avoid being empty.
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