Content Update Update Your Web Site Content Yourself Web Development Client Web Sites Automated Features "Tryouts"     Text Update     Online Database     Photo Gallery SilverMarc's Send Sheet Web Hosting Give it a Try Right Now! This box contains text that you can change. Just click the update link, revise the text, and hit the "Send" button to see how simple (and useful) this can be. Click to Update This Info Posted: June 25, 2008 Abstract Art From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Abstract art is now generally understood to mean art that does not depict objects in the natural world, but instead uses color and form in a non-representational way. In the very early 20th century, the term was more often used to describe art, such as Cubist and Futurist art, that depicts real forms in a simplified or rather reduced way - keeping only an allusion of the original natural subject. Such paintings were often claimed to capture something of the depicted objects' immutable intrinsic qualities rather than its external appearance. The more precise terms, "non-figurative art," "non-objective art," and "non-representational art" avoid any possible ambiguity. Non-objective art is not an invention of the 20th century - humans have made non-objective art since they first drew pictures in the dirt. In the Islamic religion the depiction of humans is not allowed, and consequently the Islamic culture developed a high standard of decorative arts. Calligraphy is also a form of non-figurative art. Abstract designs have also existed in Western culture in many contexts. However, Abstract art is distinct from pattern-making in design, since it draws on the distinction between decorative art and fine art, in which a painting is an object of thoughtful contemplation in its own right. Click to Update This Info All Text, Images and Code Copyright © 2008 SilverMarc.com