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Art Appreciation

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DEFINITION
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TYPES OF
ABSTRACT
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DEFINITION & MEANING

ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT ART
Abstract is from a Latin
word, abstractum,
meaning "pulled away, - is a rather vague
detached.” umbrella term for any
painting or sculpture
which does not portray
recognizable objects or
scenes. In other words.
abstract art is detached
from reality.
DEFINITION & MEANING

ABSTRACT
The term 'abstract art' - also
called "non-objective art",
"non-figurative", "non-
representational",
"geometric abstraction", or
"concrete art"

Forms that have been abstracted and inspired

from nature but depicted in such a manner
that they no longer reveal a predictable reality
DEFINITION & MEANING

ABSTRACT
The term 'abstract art' - also
called "non-objective art",
"non-figurative", "non-
representational",
"geometric abstraction", or
"concrete art"

Pure abstract art forms, which have no

reference to reality to begin with
DEFINITION & MEANING

What is the Idea “The basic premise of

abstraction -
Behind Abstract incidentally, a key
issue of aesthetics - is
Art? that the formal
qualities of a painting
(or sculpture) are just
as important (if not
more so) than its
representational
qualities.”
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Kandinsky

Late 19th
Century
Wassily
HISTORY
ORIGIN

20th Century
 1940s – 1960s
In the 40s and 50s a new abstract art
movement, instigated by the Americans,
was formed: it was called abstract
expressionism.

1940s –
Even with Abstract Expressionism, several different terms are used
1960s depending on the artist.
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From the 1960s onwards, two main
new trends emerged: Optical Art (or
Op-art) and
Minimalism. The Hungarian Victor Vasarely is the father of Op-art,
an art which is interested in optical effects.

1940s – During this same period minimal art emerged, carried by artists such

1960s as Sol LeWitt, Robert Morris and Dan Flavin. Their motto was
economizing resources. Art is reduced to a simple structure which is
often geometric but always abstract.
 1940s – 1960s

1940s –
1960s
LATE 19th CENTURY
Up until the beginning of abstract art, the main
aim of art and paintings was to portray images
and objects, but abstract art created a new

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purpose for art, and that was to evoke
emotions and feelings. th
During the last couple of decades of the 19th
century, art had started moving from
representational to abstract and the whole
purpose of art took on new meanings
 20th CENTURY
In the early 20th century, abstract art started gaining importance as
artists could now delve deeper into themselves and create art
that was not just depicting things and objects as everyone saw them.

At this time the artistic landscape was predominantly made up of

fauvism, cubism and figurative expressionism. This type of art is
marked by its freedom of color, shapes and of course: it’s subject.

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20th CENTURY

20 th
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WASSILY KANDINSKY
The beginnings of abstract art are hard to pinpoint. But if a date for the beginning of
abstract art had to be given, 1910 can be agreed upon (almost) unanimously.

This date coincides with the first abstract watercolor by Wassily Kandinsky. The
Russian painter – linked to the avant-garde movement in Eastern Europe – was the first painter
who used no formal composition. This is how abstract art came to be defined: as art which
does not represent reality. This art concentrates on colors and shapes that are free from the
usual subjects or objects from the outside world.
TYPES OF
ABSTRACT ART
 Curvilinear
Abstract Art
EMOTIONAL AND

COLORED/LIGHT

CURVILINEAR
GEOMETRIC
INTUITIONAL
MINIMALIST
GESTURAL

RELATED
This type of curvilinear abstraction is strongly
associated with Celtic Art, which employed a
range of abstract motifs including knots,
interlace patterns, and spirals.

Curvilinear abstraction is also exemplified by

the "infinite pattern", a widespread feature of
Islamic Art.
 MINIMALIST
GESTURAL
EMOTIONAL AND
INTUITIONAL
GEOMETRIC
COLORED/LIGHT
RELATED
Curvilinear
Abstract Art

“Curvilinear Blue II”

by Lanie Loreth

CURVILINEAR
 Colored-related or
Light-related Abstract
Art
EMOTIONAL AND

COLORED/LIGHT

CURVILINEAR
GEOMETRIC
INTUITIONAL
MINIMALIST
GESTURAL

RELATED
This type is exemplified in works by Turner and
Monet that use colour (or light) in such a way as
to detach the work of art from reality, as the
object dissolves in a swirl of pigment.

In 1950s France, a parallel type of colour-related

abstract painting sprang up, known as Lyrical
Abstraction..
 MINIMALIST
GESTURAL
EMOTIONAL AND
INTUITIONAL
GEOMETRIC

“The Talisman”
by Paul Serusier.
Light-related Abstract
Art
Colored-related or

COLORED/LIGHT
RELATED
CURVILINEAR
 Geometric Abstract
Art
EMOTIONAL AND

COLORED/LIGHT

CURVILINEAR
GEOMETRIC
INTUITIONAL
MINIMALIST
GESTURAL

RELATED
Geometric Abstraction is also known as
Concrete Art and Non-Objective Art. As you
might expect, it is characterized by non-
naturalistic imagery, typically geometrical
shapes such as circles, squares, triangles,
rectangles, and so forth.
 MINIMALIST
GESTURAL
EMOTIONAL AND
INTUITIONAL
Art

“Composition VIII”
by Theo Van Doesburg
Geometric Abstract

GEOMETRIC
COLORED/LIGHT
RELATED
CURVILINEAR
 Emotional or
Intuitional Abstract
Art

EMOTIONAL AND

COLORED/LIGHT

CURVILINEAR
GEOMETRIC
INTUITIONAL
MINIMALIST
GESTURAL

RELATED
This type of intuitional art embraces a mix of
styles, whose common theme is a naturalistic
tendency. This naturalism is visible in the type
of shapes and colours employed.

Unlike Geometric Abstraction, which is almost

anti-nature, intuitional abstraction often evokes
nature, but in less representational ways.
 MINIMALIST
GESTURAL

“Composition IV”
by Wassily Kandinsky
Intuitional Abstract
Art
Emotional or

EMOTIONAL AND
INTUITIONAL
GEOMETRIC
COLORED/LIGHT
RELATED
CURVILINEAR
 Gestural
Abstract Art

EMOTIONAL AND

COLORED/LIGHT

CURVILINEAR
GEOMETRIC
INTUITIONAL
MINIMALIST

GESTURAL
This is a form of abstract expressionism, where

RELATED
the process of making the painting becomes
more important than usual. Paint may be applied
in unusual ways, and brushwork is often very
loose, and rapid.
 MINIMALIST

“Women I”
Gestural

by Willem de Kooning
Abstract Art

GESTURAL
EMOTIONAL AND
INTUITIONAL
GEOMETRIC
COLORED/LIGHT
RELATED
CURVILINEAR
Minimalist
Abstract Art

EMOTIONAL AND

COLORED/LIGHT

CURVILINEAR
GEOMETRIC
INTUITIONAL
MINIMALIST

GESTURAL
This type of abstraction is a back-to-basics sort

RELATED
of avant-garde art, stripped of all external
references and associations. It is what you see -
nothing else.
 “Skyline”
by Glib Franko

Abstract Art
Minimalist

MINIMALIST

GESTURAL
EMOTIONAL AND
INTUITIONAL
GEOMETRIC
COLORED/LIGHT
RELATED
CURVILINEAR
NOTABLE ABSTRACT ART

ARTISTS
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Wassily Kandinsky (1866-
1944)
This artist was the first important abstract art artist.
He is regarded as the founder of non-

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representational art. In 1895 Kandinsky saw some
paintings of Monet and others, and would later
describe how he thought that artists should not do
paintings in a manner that was difficult to
understand.
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Wassily Kandinsky (1866-

1944)
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ARTIST
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Jackson Pollock
(1912 - 1956)

Jackson Pollock was a great American

02 abstract art artist. 1947, the year in which he
established his ‘drip’ method of painting.
The procedure of dripping paint right from a
can onto the canvas made Pollock very
famous.

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Jackson Pollock
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ARTIST
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Arshile Gorky
(1904 - 1948)
Arshile Gorky initially created in the style of
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moved on to biomorphism and Surrealism.
Towards the end of his career, he had
developed a distinctive approach to his
paintings, which were in true Abstract
Expressionist style.

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(1904 - 1948)
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ARTIST
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Mark Rothko (1903 -
1970)
Marcus Rothkovitch is his full name. His

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original paintings were Expressionist portraits
and city landscapes but he later went on to
painting in the Surrealist style after witnessing
and being inspired by Arshile Gorky’s work.
Rothko started painting color-field pieces in
1947.

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Mark Rothko (1903 -
1970)

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Willem de Kooning
(1904–1997)

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of the Abstract Expressionist painters,
Willem de Kooning's pictures typify the
vigorous, gestural style of the movement.
He developed a radically abstract style of
painting that fused Cubism, Surrealism
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ARTIST
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(1904–1997)
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... ARTIST

Franz Kline (1910 - 1962)

American Abstract Expressionist Franz

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white paintings bearing abstract motifs set
down with strident confidence. By the end
of his life he had achieved immense
international recognition, and his unusual
approach to gestural abstraction was
beginning to influence the ideas of many
Minimalists.

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Franz Kline (1910 - 1962)

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 OTHER NOTABLE
ABSTRACT ART ARTISTS

07. Guston Philip (1913 - 1980)

... 08. Kenneth Noland (1924 - 2010)
09. William Scott (1913 - 1989)
10. Mark Tobey (1890 – 1976))
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RECAP
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DEFINE ABSTRACT ART.

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GIVE AT LEAST 2 NOTABLE

ABSTRACT ART ARTISTS.
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GIVE AT LEAST 3 TYPES

OF ABSTRACT ART.
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HE IS REGARDED AS THE FOUNDER OF

NON-REPRESENTATIONAL ART.