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ABSTRACT ART
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Dictionary entry overview: What does abstract art mean?
• ABSTRACT ART (noun)
The noun ABSTRACT ART has 1 sense:
1. an abstract genre of art; artistic content depends on internal form rather than pictorial representation
Familiarity information: ABSTRACT ART used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An abstract genre of art; artistic content depends on internal form rather than pictorial representation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
abstract art; abstractionism
Hypernyms ("abstract art" is a kind of...):
genre (a class of art (or artistic endeavor) having a characteristic form or technique)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "abstract art"):
op art (a style of abstractionism popular in the 1960s; produces dramatic visual effects with colors and contrasts that are difficult for the eye to resolve)
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