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abstract art
abstract art. Art that does not depict recognizable scenes or objects, but instead is made up of forms and colours that exist for their own expressive sake. Much decorative art can thus be described as abstract, but in normal usage the term refers to modern painting and sculpture that abandon the... Read more |
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Lyrical Abstraction
Lyrical Abstraction. A rather vague term, used differently by different writers, applied to a type of expressive but non-violent abstract painting flourishing particularly in the 1950s and 1960s, chiefly in France; the term seems to have been coined by the French painter Georges Mathieu, who spoke... Read more |
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abstract expressionism
abstract expressionism movement of abstract painting that emerged in New York City during the mid-1940s and attained singular prominence in American art in the following decade; also called action painting and the New York school. It was the first important school in American painting to declare... Read more |
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Abstraction-Creation
Abstraction-Création. An association of abstract painters and sculptors formed in Paris in February 1931 in succession to the short-lived Cercle et Carré group, whose mailing list the new association took over. The prime movers behind Abstraction-Création were Jean Hélion, ... Read more |
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Post-Painterly Abstraction
Post-Painterly Abstraction. A term coined by the critic Clement Greenberg to characterize a broad trend in American painting, beginning in the 1950s, in which abstract painters reacted in various ways against the gestural ‘painterly’ qualities of Abstract Expressionism. Greenberg used... Read more |
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contemporary art
contemporary art the art of the late 20th cent. and early 21st cent., both an outgrowth and a rejection of modern art . As the force and vigor of abstract expressionism diminished, new artistic movements and styles arose during the 1960s and 70s to challenge and displace modernism in painting,... Read more |
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Systemic art
Systemic art. Term coined by the critic Lawrence Alloway in 1966 to refer to a type of abstract art characterized by the use of very simple standardized forms, usually geometrical in character, used either in a single image or repeated in a pattern arranged according to a clear principle of... Read more |
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Art Informel
Art Informel. Term coined by the French critic Michel Tapié to describe a type of spontaneous abstract painting popular among European artists in the 1940s and 1950s, roughly equivalent to Abstract Expressionism in the USA. Tapié popularized the term in his book Un Art autre (1952), and... Read more |
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Art Autre
Art Autre. A term coined by the French critic Michel Tapié (1909–87) in his book Un Art autre (1952) to describe a type of art that he regarded as appropriate to the turbulent mood in France in the post-war period—an art that worked through ‘paroxysm, magic, total... Read more |
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Concrete art
Concrete art. Term applied to abstract art that is intended to be totally autonomous, repudiating all figurative reference and symbolic associations. The name was coined by Theo van Doesburg, who in Paris in 1930 issued a manifesto called Art Concret (it took the form of the first number of a... Read more |
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abstract art
abstract art Art in which recognizable objects are reduced to schematic marks. Although...Kandinsky inspired the Blaue Reiter group and helped to pave the way towards abstract expressionism, action painting, and Tachism. Geometrical abstraction... |
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Abstract Expressionism
...stylistic preferences, Abstract Expressionist artists...process, the use of art as a means of self...realization, the separation of art and popular culture...stylistic origins of Abstract Expressionism can be...II); the indigenous arts of ... |
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abstract expressionism
abstract expressionism Mainly US art movement in which the creative process...and explored. It is neither wholly abstract nor wholly expressionist. The term originally...org/site/movements_works_Abstract_Expressionism_0.html |
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American art
American art During the colonial era, American art reflected the taste of European...the main demand was for religious art; while in Dutch and English areas...stylists. With the development of abstract expressionism in the 1940s, US... |
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op art
op art (optical art) US abstract art movement, popular in the mid-1960s. It relies on optical phenomena to confuse the viewers' eye and to create a sense of movement on the surface of the picture. Leading exponents include Victor Vasarély, Kenneth Noland, and ... |
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Celtic art
Celtic art Artworks produced by Celts during the prehistoric...Its chief characteristic was swirling, abstract design, which found its fullest expression...the La Tène-influenced early Christian art of
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minimal art
minimal art Movement in 20th-century painting and sculpture that used only the most fundamental geometric forms. It originated in the 1950s, as a reaction against the chaotic emotions provoked by abstract expressionism. |
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Postmodernism
...even “anti.”The three art movements most relevant to the...architecture, dance, and fine art (painting, sculpture, and...Graham. Postmodernist fine art had become a consolidated movement...the postmodern camp.See also Abstract Expressionism; Capitalism... |
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Industrial Design
...uncertain how to proceed. Art schools trained applied artists to create commercial art and decorative furnishings but...architects and museum curators, Art Deco reached industry in the later 1920s...noncommercial design statements: an abstract “machine ... |
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Quilts and Quilting
...and Quilting, folk craft and art form. The distinctive patterns of...growing awareness of quilts as an art form was marked in 1971 by an...exhibition at the Whitney Museum of Art in New York. The American Quilt...traditional craft, folk art, or ... |
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abstract
...events: the novel was too abstract to sustain much attention...discussing the problem in a very abstract manner. ∎ (of a word, esp...object. ∎ of or relating to art that uses shapes, forms...an article or book): he abstracts material for an online ... |
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op art
op art (also op·ti·cal art) • n. a form of abstract art that gives the illusion of movement by the precise use of pattern and color, or in which conflicting patterns emerge and overlap. Bridget Riley and Victor Vasarely are its most famous exponents. |
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Simmel, Georg
...on Kant and Goethe, through studies of art and culture, and on to major analyses...his many topics. Details, rather than abstract generalization, are given prime position in Simmel's work: he argued that, whilst...likened to the impressionists in the world of art—constantly ... |
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found
...presented in a new context as part of a work of art or piece of music: collages of found photos. ∎ (of art) comprising or making use of such objects...construct or base (a principle or other abstract thing) according to a particular principle... |
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type
...attractive: she's not really my type. ∎ Linguistics an abstract category or class of linguistic item or unit, as distinct...type of modern wisdom. ∎ an object, conception, or work of art serving as a model for subsequent artists. ∎ Bot. & Zool... |
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ground
...for a retrial on the grounds of the new evidence. 4. chiefly Art a prepared surface to which paint or decoration is applied...at low tide. 3. (usu. be grounded in) give (something abstract) a firm theoretical or practical basis: the study of history... |
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perishable
...adj. (esp. of food) likely to decay or go bad quickly. ∎ (of something abstract) having a brief life or significance; transitory: ballet is the most perishable of arts. • n. (perishables) things, esp. foodstuffs, likely to decay or go... |
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realism
...life: the earthy realism of Raimu's characters. ∎ (in art and literature) the movement or style of representing familiar...idealism (sense 1). 3. Philos. the doctrine that universals or abstract concepts have an objective or absolute existence. The theory... |
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thing
...a living sentient being: I'm not a thing, not a work of art to be cherished. ∎ a living creature or plant: the sea is...entirely according to plan how are things with you? ∎ an abstract entity or concept: mourning and depression are not the same... |
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life
...for life. ∎ the period during which something inanimate or abstract continues to exist, function, or be valid: underlay helps...carpet. ∎ inf. a sentence of imprisonment for life. 4. (in art) the depiction of a subject from a real model, rather than... |
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abstract
abstract • adjective 1. abstract concepts synonyms: theoretical, conceptual, notional, intellectual...academic; rare ideational.antonyms: actual, concrete. 2. abstract art synonyms: nonrepresentational, nonpictorial.antonym: representational... |
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take
...book synonyms: extract, quote, cite, excerpt, derive, abstract, copy, cull. 4. she took a little wine synonyms: drink...discharge, accomplish, fulfill. 29. I took drama, French, and art history synonyms: study, learn, have lessons in; take up... |
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Roberto M.A. Robles: Naturally Abstract.(Arts and Living)
...gone to the library and read art reviews and artist-features...career. After finishing his art studies at the University of...will get recognition from the Art Association of the Philippines...A huge black-and-white abstract painting that displays thick... |
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Nine Quilts from Gee's Bend: Inventive, Intricate, Abstract.(Arts&Entertainment)
...the Whitney Museum of American Art during the winter of 2002...display at Ameringer Yohe Fine Art, some of them created within...work of any number of renowned abstract painters--none of whom shall...Quilts is at Ameringer Yohe Fine Art, 20 West 57th Street, ... |
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Into abstraction: abstract art crosses new boundaries.
...market for abstract art is full of surprises...galleries dealing in abstract art, developments...exciting time to be in the abstract market," says Steve...who are searching for abstracts for their second homes...So the ... |
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ABSTRACT ART IS IN AGAIN.(Lifestyle)
...your kid is doing it. Abstract art, that is. And maybe...getting away from country art and back into more aggressive...shows and mostly sold the abstract stuff.'' The studio...styling equipment for art receptions. Marse...people seem to like ... |
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The future of abstract art. (Letters).
To the Editors: In "Does abstract art have a future?" (December 2002...abstract painting that is in trouble, but art itself. The difference between abstract and representational art becomes explicit now only because ... |
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The crisis in abstract art.
...ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] IS THE AGE OF abstract art drawing to a close? Twenty years...welcome to new developments in abstract art. But since abstract art has a...artists themselves feel about where abstract ... |
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Abstract art more welcome in Midwest
Abstract architectural expressionism...trends in the evolution of public art: Abstract expression seems...gaining public acceptance. And, art for public places, by its very...collaborative effort than most forms of art. Christine Berro, ... |
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Vibrancy through abstract art
...for the growing interest in abstract art this year. Although experts...Manan Relia, MD of Archer Art Gallery, says, "More artists...working on abstract pieces of art." Relia, who gets at least...the demand graph for abstract ... |
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Indian abstract art finds its niche
...Delhi, Jan 31 -- Indian abstract art and artists are finally...who has been collecting abstract art for the past 15 years...Water." In 2005, Bodhi Art had a solo show of Rajendra...lives in Paris. "I think abstract ... |
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Does abstract art have a future?
It is hard to tell if abstract painting actually got worse [after...observations that the question of whether abstract art has a future is anything but new...abstraction itself, for the birth of abstract art some ninety years or so ago ... |
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