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Art that does not depict objects in the natural world, but instead uses color and form in a non-representational way.
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Abstract art — Kazimir Malevich, Black Square, c. 1913 Abstract art uses a visual language of form, color and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world.[1] Western art had been, from the… … Wikipedia
abstract art — or nonobjective art or nonrepresentational art Art, including painting, sculpture, and graphic art, that does not represent recognizable objects. In the late 19th century the traditional European conception of art as the imitation of nature was… … Universalium
abstract art — noun an abstract genre of art; artistic content depends on internal form rather than pictorial representation (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑abstractionism • Derivationally related forms: ↑abstractionist (for: ↑abstractionism) … Useful english dictionary
abstract art — /æbstrækt ˈat/ (say abstrakt aht) noun a 20th century concept of art, which rejects the function of art as portraying perceived reality; non representational art …
abstract art — 20th century art movement in which attitudes and emotions are expressed through nonrepresentational means … English contemporary dictionary
abstract expressionism — abstract expressionist. (sometimes caps.) a movement in experimental, nonrepresentational painting originating in the U.S. in the 1940s, with sources in earlier movements, and embracing many individual styles marked in common by freedom of… … Universalium
Abstract film — is a subgenre of experimental film. Its history often overlaps with the concerns and history of visual music. Some of the earliest abstract motion pictures known to survive are those produced by a group of German artists working in the early… … Wikipedia
Abstract — may refer to: * Abstract (law) * Abstract (summary) * Abstract art * Abstract objectee also* Abstraction (disambiguation) … Wikipedia
Art Abstrait — Kazimir Malevich, Carré noir sur fond blanc, 1915 … Wikipédia en Français
Abstract expressionism — Although the term abstract expressionism was first applied to American art in 1946 by the art critic Robert Coates, it had been first used in Germany in 1919 in the magazine Der Sturm , regarding German Expressionism. In the USA, Alfred Barr was… … Wikipedia
