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What is Abstraction?
The term 'abstract art' - also called "non-objective art
some art critics take the view that all art is abstract.
Timeline
1. Prehistoric
2. Egyptians
3. Christianity
4. Islamic
5. Renaissance
6. Baroque/Rococo
7. Impressionism
8. Fauvism
9. Expressionism
10. Cubism
11. Abstract Art
12. Dada
13. Surrealism
14. Abstract Expressionism
15. Pop Art
16. OP art
Eye of horus
Wall paintings
Islamic Abstraction
Fauvism Painting
German Expressionism
Cubism 1906-1914
The Musicians
Pablo Picaso
1923
Pieces of coloured paper, wall-paper,
Abstract Art
1940-1950
Chief, 1950
(Artist)
Franz Kline
(Medium)
oil on canvas
Dadaism
1916-1924
(Artist)
Hans Arp
Collage
Work
Surrealism
1924-1966
(Artist)
Salvador Dali
Abstract Expressionism
Color Field
Pop Art
Op Art
Abstract Expressionism
(1940s 1950s)
1. Jackson Pollock
2. Willem de Kooning
3. Mark Rothko
4. Clyfford Still
Jackson Pollock
(Number 11, 1952)
Color Field
Color Field painting is a style of abstract painting that
Kenneth Noland
Birth (1961)
Pop art
Pop art is an art movement that emerged in the mid-
1. Andy Warhol
2. Roy Lichtenstein
3. James Rosenquist
4. Claes Oldenburg
Andy Warhol
Campbell's Soup Cans (1962)
Op art
Artists have been intrigued by the nature of
perception and by optical effects and illusions for
many centuries. They have often been a central
concern of art, just as much as themes drawn
from history or literature. But in the 1950s these
preoccupations, allied to new interests in
technology and psychology, blossomed into a
movement.
1. Victor Vasarely
2. Bridget Riley
3. Frank Stella
4. Jesus Rafael Soto
Bridget Riley
Blaze (1964)
The zigzag black and white lines in Blaze create the perception of a circular decent.
As the brain interprets the image, the alternating pattern appears to shift back and
forth. The interlocking lines add depth to the form as it rhythmically curves around
the center of the page.