abstractionism

/æb'strækʃənizm/

Thân thiện

Abstractionism uses shapes and colors to express ideas without depicting recognizable objects.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • An artistic style or movement: A genre of modern art in which the artwork does not attempt to represent external reality accurately. Instead, it emphasizes shapes, colors, forms, and gestural marks to achieve its effect, often derived from the artist's ideas or emotions.
   • A theoretical concept: The principle or practice of creating abstract art, or of discussing things in a theoretical way removed from concrete examples.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The museum's new wing is dedicated to 20th-century abstractionism, featuring works by Kandinsky and Pollock.
  • His painting moved from realism to pure abstractionism, using only geometric blocks of color.
  • The critic argued that the artist's abstractionism was a deliberate rejection of figurative tradition.

Advanced Usage

• "Geometric abstractionism": A branch of abstract art using non-representational geometric shapes and forms.
  • The artist is known for her precise, mathematical style of geometric abstractionism.
• "Lyrical abstractionism": A branch of abstract art emphasizing intuitive, spontaneous, and expressive use of color and line.
  • His later work evolved into a more fluid and emotional lyrical abstractionism.

Variants and Related Words

• Abstract (adj): Relating to or denoting art that does not attempt to represent external reality.
  • She collects abstract paintings.
• Abstraction (n): The quality of dealing with ideas rather than events, or the process of creating abstract art.
  • The painting is an abstraction of a cityscape.
• Abstractionist (n): An artist who produces abstract works.
  • The gallery represents several prominent abstractionists.

Synonyms

• Non-objective art: Art that does not represent or depict a person, place, or thing in the natural world.
• Non-representational art: Art that does not portray recognizable objects or scenes.

Related Phrases

• School of abstractionism: Refers to a group of artists or a tradition working within the abstract style.
  • He was a key figure in the New York school of abstractionism.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a representation having no reference to concrete objects or specific examples
2. an abstract genre of art; artistic content depends on internal form rather than pictorial representation

Từ đồng nghĩa

• unrealism
• abstract art