According to The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Art and Artists, Abstract Art is "art which does not imitate or directly represent external reality." (www.credoreference.com)
The idea that forms and colour, not the subject matter, can move the viewer underlies all Abstract art. Abstract Art is when form and colour are independent from the subject being depicted. Therefore, instead of a naturalistic illusion, modern art often represents the artist’s subjective sensation. This was suggested by Fauves and Cubists.
Cubism was the first form of abstract art, and has had a decisive effect on other artists and groups. Various sorts of Abstraction became more common in the art of the 1920's, which for the most part had a geometric basis.
Georges Braque: Still-life with a Pair of Banderillas, oil on canvas
The idea that forms and colour, not the subject matter, can move the viewer underlies all Abstract art. Abstract Art is when form and colour are independent from the subject being depicted. Therefore, instead of a naturalistic illusion, modern art often represents the artist’s subjective sensation. This was suggested by Fauves and Cubists.
Cubism was the first form of abstract art, and has had a decisive effect on other artists and groups. Various sorts of Abstraction became more common in the art of the 1920's, which for the most part had a geometric basis.
Georges Braque: Still-life with a Pair of Banderillas, oil on canvas
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