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Appreciation Basics - Modern Art Period - ABSTRACT - 1912 to present
Abstract art refers to works that
have no literal subject at all. The artist strips the forms and colors of any
trace of representation. The painting doesn't represent anything at all. It just
is. Even in abstract art there's still the classic and romantic split.
Kandinsky, for example, painted chaotic splotches of singing color that
clearly set him in the emotional category. Mondrian's works, on the other
hand, are classic calm.
What not to say: You say to
yourself, "I could do that."
What to say: Anything but,
"I could do that."
