Abstract Art

Abstract ArtAbstract art uses

form, color and line to create a composition that does not represent anything realistic in the world.

Western Art 1500’s-1800’s

Before the Abstract Style, art was created using logic and perspective in an attempt to reproduce visible reality.

How did we go from Realism to Abstract?

Abstract- Impressionism

Abstract art has its origins in the Impressionist Movement

Monet, Impression Sunrise

Photography and impressionism

Photography invented 1839 Impressionism style is born 1870

The ability to stop time/ motion in a photograph allowed the artists to paint in a way that had never been done before.

Impressionism is a style in which the artist captures the image of an object as someone would see it if they just caught a glimpse of it. Monet, Japanese Foot Bridge, 1899

Whistler

Monet

By the end of the 19th century many artists felt a need to create a new kind of art which would encompass the fundamental changes taking place in technology, science and philosophy.

Abstract Art

wide catagory that contains many

art forms. any art that doesn't try to realistically

portray something, and instead uses texture, colors, shapes or space to create a composition is considered Abstract Art.

De Kooning

Jackson Pollock

Morris Louis

Frank Stella

Mondrian

Picasso

Kandinsky

Most modern art can be considered abstract in some form because abstraction became a liberating idea that sent art into many new directions at the beginning of the 20th century, ideas that emphasized the artists interpretation of their experiences and their own internal selves.

The significance of abstract art lies in the "art experience."

Before abstract art, art was focused on realism, but now, abstract art is not only about "seeing" but also "feeling."

Which photograph is considered Abstract Art?

Abstract Art