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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.]
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| − | * ''An abstract genre of art; artistic content depends on internal form rather than pictorial representation'' [http://www.thefreedictionary.com/abstract+art The Free Dictionary.]
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| − | * ''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.]
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| − | * ''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]
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| − | [[File:Kandinsky Last Judgement 1912.jpg|400px]]
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| − | [[Last Judgement]], 1912 by [[Wassily Kandinsky]].
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| − | Constantin Brancusi's "The kiss" (1908) is one of the first abstract sculptures. This Romanian artist was a pioneer of modern abstract sculpture.
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| − | [[File:Brancusi The Kiss (1908).jpg|center|Brancusi, The Kiss (1908).]]
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| − | == Some history ==
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| − | [[File:Cezanne Le lac dAnnecy.jpg|thumb|220px|Cézanne, Le lac d'Annecy, 1896.]]
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| − | 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''.
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| − | 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]
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| − | Also important are [[Lyrical Abstraction]] and Color Field.
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| − | File:Derain Mountains at Collioure 1905.jpg|Derain, Mountains at Collioure 1905.
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| − | File:Matisse Fleurs dans un Verre 1906.jpg|Matisse, Fleurs dans un Verre 1906.
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| − | File:Picasso Les Demoiselles de Avignon, 1907.jpg|Picasso, Les Demoiselles de Avignon, 1907.
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| − | File:Gris Musician Table.jpg|[[Juan Gris|Gris]], Musician's Table, 1914.
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| − | File:Braque Still Life Le Jour 1929.jpg|Braque, Still Life: Le Jour, 1929.
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| − | [[File:Matisse The Yellow Curtain.jpg|340px|Matisse, The Yellow Curtain.]]
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| − | 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.
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| − | 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).
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| − | 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).
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| − | File:Gonzalez Woman with Hair in a Bun ca 1930.jpg|Julio González, Woman with Hair in a Bun, ca. 1930.
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| − | File:Lee Lawrie Atlas.jpg|Lee Lawrie, Statue of Atlas in Rockefeller Center, 1936.
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| − | File:MooreRecliningFigure.jpg|[[Henry Moore]], Reclining Figure, 1951.
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| − | File:Wright Free Form III 1998.jpg|Autin Wright, Free Form III, 1998.
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| − | File:Chakaia Booker Spirit-Hunter 2001.jpg|Chakaia Booker, Spirit-Hunter, 2001.
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| − | == See also ==
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| − | [[File:La Puerta a Chihuahua - Sebastian.gif|frame|right|La Puerta de Chihuahua by Sebastian.]]
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| − | *[[Sculpture]]
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| − | *[[Painting Schools]]
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| − | *[[Abstract painting]]
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| − | *[[Contemporary painting]]
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| − | == External links ==
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| − | *[http://paintings.name/ Abstract art paintings, famous artists.]
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| − | *[http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~sequin/SCULPTS/sculpts.html Abstract Sculptures]
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| − | *[http://www.abstract-art.com/index.shtml Repository of Abstract Art]
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| − | *[http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/middle/sculpt2.htm Abstract Sculpture:Henry Moore and Jean Arp]
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| − | *[http://www.art.in/abstract-art-sculptures.htm Abstract art sculptures]
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| − | *[http://www.buzzle.com/articles/abstract-art-ideas.html Abstract Art Ideas.]
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| − | *[http://www.arthistory.net/artstyles/abstractart/abstractart1.html Introduction to the Artistic Style of Abstract Art.]
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| − | *[http://painting.about.com/od/abstractart/a/abstract_art.htm Abstract Art: An Introduction.]
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| − | [[File:Pollock Blue Poles 1953.jpg]]
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| − | Pollock, Blue Poles, 1953.
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