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  2. Abstract art - Wikipedia

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    Abstract art uses visual language of shape, form, color and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world. [1] Abstract art, non-figurative art, non-objective art, and non-representational art are all closely related terms. They have similar, but perhaps not identical, meanings.

  3. Abstraction (art) - Wikipedia

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    Strictly speaking, it refers to art unconcerned with the literal depiction of things from the visible world [1] —it can, however, refer to an object or image which has been distilled from the real world, or indeed, another work of art. Artwork that reshapes the natural world for expressive purposes is called abstract; that which derives from ...

  4. Organic Abstraction - Wikipedia

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    Organic Abstraction is an artistic style characterized by "the use of rounded or wavy abstract forms based on what one finds in nature." [1] It takes its cues from rhythmic forms found in nature, both small scale, as in the structures of small-growth leaves and stems, and grand, as in the shapes of the universe that are revealed by astronomy and physics. [2]

  5. Abstract - Wikipedia

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    Abstract of title, a summary of the documents affecting the title to a parcel of land; Abstract (law), a summary of a legal document; Abstract (summary), in academic publishing; Abstract art, artistic works that do not attempt to represent reality or concrete subjects; Abstract: The Art of Design, 2017 Netflix documentary series

  6. Concrete art - Wikipedia

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    Concrete art was an art movement with a strong emphasis on geometrical abstraction. The term was first formulated by Theo van Doesburg and was then used by him in 1930 to define the difference between his vision of art and that of other abstract artists of the time.

  7. Abstract and concrete - Wikipedia

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    Abstract objects are most commonly used in philosophy, particularly metaphysics, and semantics. They are sometimes called abstracta in contrast to concreta. The term abstract object is said to have been coined by Willard Van Orman Quine. [5] Abstract object theory is a discipline that studies the nature and role of abstract objects. It holds ...

  8. Geometric abstraction - Wikipedia

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    Geometric abstraction is present among many cultures throughout history both as decorative motifs and as art pieces themselves. Islamic art, in its prohibition of depicting religious figures, is a prime example of this geometric pattern-based art, which existed centuries before the movement in Europe and in many ways influenced this Western ...

  9. Category:Abstract art - Wikipedia

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    Media in category "Abstract art" The following 3 files are in this category, out of 3 total. František Kupka, 1912, Amorpha, fugue en deux couleurs (Fugue in Two Colors), 210 x 200 cm, Narodni Galerie, Prague.jpg 2,933 × 2,813; 7.28 MB