Abstract Art
“Of all the arts, abstract painting is the most difficult. It demands that you know how to draw well, that you have a heightened sensitivity for composition and for colors, and that you be a true poet. This last is essential." -- Wassily Kandinsky.
Abstract Art is art that is not a precise demonstration of a form or object. This depiction can be diverged in many ways including the shape, color, and form. The artist takes the object and then either simplifies it or exaggerates it using these things. There were three art movements that played a role in the development of the form of art called abstract. These were the Romanticism, Impressionism and expressionism.
There are many distinctive abstract styles. There are three forms of abstraction that are most common. Cubism, Neoplasticism, and Abstract Expressionism. There are many abstract artists who painted in these styles, however there are some that are more well know in a particular field than the rest. For example, the some of the most famous cubist were Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. One of the best examples of Neoplasticism is Piet Mondrian . Two of the most famous examples of Abstract Expressionism are Mark Rothko and Jackson Pollock.
The basic idea behind abstract art is that the formal qualities of a painting (or sculpture) are just as important (if not more so) than its representational qualities. For instance a picture may contain a very bad drawing of a man, but if its colours are very beautiful, it may nevertheless strike us as being a beautiful picture. This shows how a “formal” quality (colour) can override a representational one (drawing). On the other hand, a photorealist painting of a joined house can show attractive representationalism, but the subject matter, colour scheme and general composition could actually be boring.
Abstract art initiated in the avant-garde movements of the late 19th century – Impressionism, neo-Impressionism, and post-Impressionism. These
Abstract Art is art that is not a precise demonstration of a form or object. This depiction can be diverged in many ways including the shape, color, and form. The artist takes the object and then either simplifies it or exaggerates it using these things. There were three art movements that played a role in the development of the form of art called abstract. These were the Romanticism, Impressionism and expressionism.
There are many distinctive abstract styles. There are three forms of abstraction that are most common. Cubism, Neoplasticism, and Abstract Expressionism. There are many abstract artists who painted in these styles, however there are some that are more well know in a particular field than the rest. For example, the some of the most famous cubist were Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. One of the best examples of Neoplasticism is Piet Mondrian . Two of the most famous examples of Abstract Expressionism are Mark Rothko and Jackson Pollock.
The basic idea behind abstract art is that the formal qualities of a painting (or sculpture) are just as important (if not more so) than its representational qualities. For instance a picture may contain a very bad drawing of a man, but if its colours are very beautiful, it may nevertheless strike us as being a beautiful picture. This shows how a “formal” quality (colour) can override a representational one (drawing). On the other hand, a photorealist painting of a joined house can show attractive representationalism, but the subject matter, colour scheme and general composition could actually be boring.
Abstract art initiated in the avant-garde movements of the late 19th century – Impressionism, neo-Impressionism, and post-Impressionism. These