ABSTRACT ART Synonyms
5 hypernyms for abstract art. (close relations)
Best Synonyms for ABSTRACT ART
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| constructivism | noun n | |||||
noun • an abstractionist artistic movement in Russia after World War I; industrial materials were used to construct nonrepresentational objects | ||||||
| cubism | noun n | |||||
noun • an artistic movement in France beginning in 1907 that featured surfaces of geometrical planes | ||||||
| expressionism | noun, adjective n, adj | |||||
noun • an art movement early in the 20th century; the artist's subjective expression of inner experiences was emphasized; an inner feeling was expressed through a distorted rendition of reality | ||||||
| futurism | noun n | |||||
noun • an artistic movement in Italy around 1910 that tried to express the energy and values of the machine age • the position that the meaning of life should be sought in the future | ||||||
| minimalism | noun n | |||||
noun • an art movement in sculpture and painting that began in the 1950s and emphasized extreme simplification of form and color | ||||||
| nonfigurative | adjective adj | |||||
adjective satellite • not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature | ||||||
| nonobjective | adverb, adjective adv, adj | |||||
adjective satellite • not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature | ||||||
| nonrepresentational | adjective adj | |||||
adjective • of or relating to a style of art in which objects do not resemble those known in physical nature | ||||||
| surrealism | noun n | |||||
noun • a 20th century movement of artists and writers (developing out of dadaism) who used fantastic images and incongruous juxtapositions in order to represent unconscious thoughts and dreams | ||||||
| abstractionism | noun n | |||||
noun • an abstract genre of art; artistic content depends on internal form rather than pictorial representation • a representation having no reference to concrete objects or specific examples | ||||||