formalistic -
concerned with or characterized by rigorous adherence to recognized forms (especially in religion or art); "highly formalized plays like `Waiting for Godot'"
religious belief,
religion,
faith a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny; "he lost his faith but not his morality"
artistic creation,
artistic production,
art the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully"
formalism the practice of scrupulous adherence to prescribed or external forms
