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* ''Painting, sculpture, or graphic art in which the portrayal of things from the visible world plays no part.'' [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1952/abstract-art Encyclopædia Britannica.]

* ''Painting, sculpture, or graphic art in which the portrayal of things from the visible world plays no part.'' [https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1952/abstract-art Encyclopædia Britannica.]

* ''An abstract genre of art; artistic content depends on internal form rather than pictorial representation'' [http://www.thefreedictionary.com/abstract+art The Free Dictionary.]

* ''An abstract genre of art; artistic content depends on internal form rather than pictorial representation'' [http://www.thefreedictionary.com/abstract+art The Free Dictionary.]

* ''Art with no defined meaning. Its purpose is to let the viewer interpret its meaning for him/herself.'' [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Abstract+Art Urban Dictionary.]

* ''Art with no defined meaning. Its purpose is to let the viewer interpret its meaning for him/herself.'' [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Abstract+Art Urban Dictionary.]

* ''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. (like the spontaneous, "free" expression, as in the Action Painting of [[Jackson Pollock]].)'' [http://www.enotes.com/oxford-art-encyclopedia/abstract-art The Oxford Dictionary of 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. (like the spontaneous, "free" expression, as in the Action Painting of [[Jackson Pollock]].)'' [http://www.enotes.com/oxford-art-encyclopedia/abstract-art The Oxford Dictionary of Art.]

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In Western art history, the break from the notion that a painting had to represent something happened in the early 20th century. [[Impressionism]], [[Fauvism]], [[Cubism]] and other art movements of the time all contributed by breaking the "rules" of art followed since The Renaissance. [http://painting.about.com/od/abstractart/a/abstract_art.htm]

In Western art history, the break from the notion that a painting had to represent something happened in the early 20th century. [[Impressionism]], [[Fauvism]], [[Cubism]] and other art movements of the time all contributed by breaking the "rules" of art followed since The Renaissance.<ref>[http://painting.about.com/od/abstractart/a/abstract_art.htm]</ref>

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== Some history ==

== Some history ==

[[File:Cezanne Le lac dAnnecy.jpg|thumb|220px|Cézanne, Le lac d'Annecy, 1896.]]

[[File:Cezanne Le lac dAnnecy.jpg|thumb|220px|Cézanne, Le lac d'Annecy, 1896.]]

The roots of abstract art may be found in native cultures and later in some works of [[Romanticism]], [[Impressionism]], [[Fauvism]] and [[Expressionism]] Schools' artists. [[Paul Cézanne]]'s [[Post-Impressionism]] works, aimed to make a construction of reality based on an special view that  modulated colour in flat areas, became the basis of a new trend in visual art. He is often seen as anticipating cubist. ''Today's perception of abstract art dates back to 1910, when [[Pablo Picasso]] and [[Georges Braque]] invented [[cubism]] which within half a decade, led to the pure abstract art created by [[Piet Mondrian]] and Russian styles such as constructivism and suprematism.'' [http://paintings.name/] Russian-born French [[Wassily Kandinsky]] is considered one of the fathers of abstract art. Around 1914 and 1915, [[Henri Matisse]], with expressive use of strong colors and free and imaginative drawing, comes very close to a pure abstraction idea as in ''The Yellow Curtain''.   

The roots of abstract art may be found in native cultures and later in some works of [[Romanticism]], [[Impressionism]], [[Fauvism]] and [[Expressionism]] Schools' artists. [[Paul Cézanne]]'s [[Post-Impressionism]] works, aimed to make a construction of reality based on an special view that  modulated color in flat areas, became the basis of a new trend in visual art and a catalyst for the abstract art of the 20th century. He is often seen as anticipating cubist. ''Today's perception of abstract art dates back to 1910, when [[Pablo Picasso]] and [[Georges Braque]] invented [[cubism]] which within half a decade, led to the pure abstract art created by [[Piet Mondrian]] and Russian styles such as constructivism and suprematism.'' <ref>[http://paintings.name/]</ref> Russian-born French [[Wassily Kandinsky]] is considered one of the fathers of abstract art. Around 1914 and 1915, [[Henri Matisse]], with expressive use of strong colors and free and imaginative drawing, comes very close to a pure abstraction idea as in ''The Yellow Curtain''.   

   

   

Between 1910 and 1920, abstract art developed in America, Europe and Russia through the efforts of Cubists like Duchamp and Lipchitz, [[Dadaism|Dadaists]], Volticists and Futurists like Kasomir and [[Piet Mondrian]]. Artists experimented with an increased zeal, liberated in their creation from the conventional forms.  

Between 1910 and 1920, abstract art developed in America, Europe and Russia through the efforts of Cubists like Duchamp and Lipchitz, [[Dadaism|Dadaists]], Volticists and Futurists like Kasomir and [[Piet Mondrian]]. Artists experimented with an increased zeal, liberated in their creation from the conventional forms.  

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The principal abstract art movements were Cubism (notably France), Futurism (Italy), Vorticism (Britain), De Stijl (Netherlands), Rayonism, Constructivism, and Suprematism (Russia), Abstract Expressionism (USA) and Art Informel (Europe). [http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/abstract-art.htm]

The principal abstract art movements were [[Cubism]] (notably France), [[Futurism]] (Italy), Vorticism (Britain), De Stijl (Netherlands), Rayonism, [[Constructivism]], and [[Suprematism]] (Russia), [[Abstract Expressionism]] (USA) and Art Informel (Europe).<ref>[http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/abstract-art.htm]</ref>

Also important are [[Lyrical Abstraction]] and Color Field.  

Also important are [[Lyrical Abstraction]] and Color Field.  

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[[File:Matisse The Yellow Curtain.jpg|340px|Matisse, The Yellow Curtain.]]

[[File:Matisse The Yellow Curtain.jpg|340px|Matisse, The Yellow Curtain.]]

Matisse, The Yellow Curtain, 1914-15.

Matisse, The Yellow Curtain, 1914–15.

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[[Pablo Picasso]] (1881 - 1973) not only revolutionized [[painting]] but also the art of [[sculpture]] in the early 20th century.  

[[Pablo Picasso]] (1881 - 1973) not only revolutionized [[painting]] but also the art of [[sculpture]] in the early 20th century.  

Abstract sculpture may be exemplified in works by Julio González (1876 - 1942), Hans Arp (1887-1966), Constantin Brancusi (1876-1957), [[Joan Miró]] (1893 – 1983), Alexander Calder (1898-1976), [[Henry Moore]] (1898-1986), [[Salvador Dalí]] (1904 - 1989) and Alexandra Wejchert (1921-1995).  

Abstract sculpture may be exemplified in works by Julio González (1876 - 1942), Hans Arp (1887–1966), Constantin Brancusi (1876–1957), [[Joan Miró]] (1893 – 1983), Alexander Calder (1898–1976), [[Henry Moore]] (1898–1986), [[Salvador Dalí]] (1904–1989) and Alexandra Wejchert (1921–1995).  

The explorations of Julio González, a Spanish abstract sculptor, ''led to abstract configurations of welded metal that can be seen in the works of Americans such as David Smith, Theodore Roszack, Seymour Lipton, and Herbert Ferber.'' [http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/ent/A0859702.html] and Mexicans like [[Enrique Carbajal]] (Sebastian).

The explorations of Julio González, a Spanish abstract sculptor, ''led to abstract configurations of welded metal that can be seen in the works of Americans such as David Smith, Theodore Roszack, Seymour Lipton, and Herbert Ferber.'' <ref>[http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/ent/A0859702.html]</ref>  and Mexicans like [[Enrique Carbajal]] (Sebastian).

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== See also ==

== See also ==

*[[Abstract painting]]

*[[Abstract painting]]

*[[Contemporary painting]]

*[[Contemporary painting]]

== External links ==

== External links ==

Pollock, Blue Poles, 1953.

Pollock, Blue Poles, 1953.

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