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Geometric Abstraction
The pictorial language of geometric abstraction, based on the use of simple geometric forms placed in nonillusionistic space and combined into nonobjective compositions, evolved as the logical conclusion of the Cubist destruction and reformulation of the established conventions of form and space. Initiated by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque in 1908–9, Cubism subverted the traditional depiction relying upon the imitation of forms of the surrounding visual world in the illusionistic—post-Renaissance—perspectival space. The High Analytic Cubist phase, which reached its peak in mid-1910, made available to artists the planarity of overlapping frontal surfaces held together by a linear grid. The next phase—Synthetic Cubism, 1912–14—introduced the flatly painted synthesized shapes, abstract space, and "constructional" elements of the composition. These three aspects became the fundamental characteristics of abstract geometric art. The freedom of experimentation with different materials and spatial relationships between various compositional parts, which evolved from the Cubist practice of collage and papiers collés (1912), also emphasized the flatness of the picture surface—as the carrier of applied elements—as well as the physical "reality" of the explored forms and materials. Geometric abstraction, through the Cubist process of purifying art of the vestiges of visual reality,
Geometric Abstraction | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art geometric abstraction... mechanical elements, 1920 fernand leger (french, 1881–1955) oil on canvas 36 1/8 x 23 1/2 in. (91.8 x 59.7 cm) jacques and natasha gelman collection, 1998 (1999.363.36) © 2011 artists rights society (ars), new york / adagp, paris ...
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/geab/hd_geab.htm [1741 words]
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Abstraction, Twin Lakes, Connecticut ¦ Paul Strand ¦ Highlights ¦ Photographs ¦ Collection Database ¦ Works of Art ¦ The abstraction, twin lakes, connecticut descriptive title [porch shadows] date 1916 medium silver-platinum print dimensions 32.8 x 24.4 cm (12 15/16 x 9 5/8 in.) credit line ford motor company collection, gift of ford motor company and john c.
http://www.metmuseum.org/works_of_art/collection_database/all/abstraction_twin_lakes_connecticut_paul_strand/objectview. [304 words]
Abstraction: Perfection and Amateurism - The Art History Archive abstraction: perfection and amateurism the art history archive - abstraction this website is best viewed using firefox chasing the balance of composition and colour by charles moffat - november 2008.
http://www.arthistoryarchive.com/arthistory/abstractexpressionism/Abstraction-Perfection-and-Amateurism.html [1524 words]
Tate | Glossary | Objective Abstraction objective abstraction name of a style of abstract art developed by a group of british artists in 1933. an exhibition titled objective abstraction was held in 1934 at the zwemmer gallery in london. the artists involved included graham bell,
http://www.tate.org.uk/collections/glossary/definition.jsp?entryId=205 [179 words]
Tate | Glossary | Abstraction-Création abstraction-creation association of abstract artists set up in paris in 1931 with aim of promoting abstract art through group exhibitions. rapidly acquired membership of around 400. leaders were herbin and vantongerloo,
http://www.tate.org.uk/collections/glossary/definition.jsp?entryId=10 [135 words]
Guggenheim, Collection Online | Post-painterly abstraction u.s. and canada, mid-1950s ... the term post-painterly abstraction was coined by critic clement greenberg in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name at the los angeles county museum of art in 1964, featuring contemporary american and canadian artists.
http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/collections/collection-online/show-full/movement/?search=Post-painterly%20abstraction [195 words]
Tate Collection | The Soul of the Soulless City ('New York - an Abstraction') christopher richard wynne nevinson 1889-1946 © tate the soul of the soulless city ('new york - an abstraction') 1920 oil on canvas support: 915 x 608 mm frame: 1026 x 724 x 58 mm painting presented by the patrons of british art through the tate gallery foundation 1998 t07448 the skyscrapers and railways of new york epitomised the dynamism of the modern metropolis.
http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ViewWork?workid=26401 [137 words]