Meaning

1 senses
  1. (uncountable)Art that does not depict objects in the natural world, but instead uses color and form in a non-representational way.

    abstrakte Kunst

    абстра́ктное иску́сствоabstráktnoje iskússtvo

More definitions
  • an abstract genre of art; artistic content depends on internal form rather than pictorial representation

Examples

34 sentences
  1. Some abstract art is difficult to understand.

    ruНекоторые проявления абстрактного искусства трудно понять. — odexed

    deManche abstrakte Kunst ist schwer zu verstehen. — jast

  2. I have difficulty understanding abstract modern art, especially Mondrian.

    deIch habe Schwierigkeiten, moderne abstrakte Kunst zu verstehen, besonders Mondrian. — Zaghawa

  3. Abstract art is something to feel.

    deAbstrakte Kunst ist etwas, was man fühlen muss. — Manfredo

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  4. Abstract art is hard to understand.

  5. Abstract art broke from academic tradition.

Translations

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art that does not depict objects in the natural world:
Deutsch
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art that does not depict objects in the natural world:

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • an abstract genre of art; artistic content depends on internal form rather than pictorial representation:abstractionism

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