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Abstract Art
Term
applied
in
its
strictest
sense
to
forms
of
20th-century
Western
art
that
reject
representation
and
have
no
starting-
or
finishing-point
in
nature.
As
distinct
from
processes
of
abstraction
from
nature
or
from
objects
(a
recurring
tendency
across
many
cultures
and
periods
that
can
be
traced
as
far
back
as
Palaeolithic
cave
painting),
abstract
art
as
a
conscious
aesthetic
based
on
assumptions
of
self-sufficiency
is
a
wholly
modern
phenomenon.
Grove Art excerpts - Electronic ©2003, Oxford Art Online
Abstract Art
Term applied in its strictest sense to forms of 20th-century Western art that reject representation and have no starting- or finishing-point in nature. As distinct from processes of abstraction from nature or from objects (a recurring tendency across many cultures and periods that can be traced as far back as Palaeolithic cave painting), abstract art as a conscious aesthetic based on assumptions of self-sufficiency is a wholly modern phenomenon.
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Grove Art excerpts - Electronic ©2003, Oxford Art Online
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Artists Associated with Abstract Art — 29 artists:
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