More often than not the abstract artists is not imitating nature or pursuing realism, but concerned with the spiritual or emotional state of colour and form, line and texture, balance and harmony, and will attempt to engage the viewer in a way that narrative, realistic of naturalistic art cannot.? ... An Abstract connects art and engineering to show that they are not enemy faculties, connect people with beautiful materials and structures, connect people with their past and present. ... Their use of volumes and voids was like creating a draped reclining figure sculpture. The effects of c...

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Picassos" art changed radically around 1907, when he decided to incorporate some stylistic elements of African sculpture into his painting. ... Much like the futurists Constructivism sought an art that would be abstract yet easily understood. Their sculptures celebrated the material properties of objects, such as texture and shape. Construction is an additive process by which the artist combines ordinary materials such as metal and wood to construct sculptures. ...

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The modern art wing has many paintings, architecture, sculpture, and drawings dating back to 1900. ... A completely different art piece that made an impact on me was a piece by Piet Mondrian, an Abstract Expressionist. His painting, Composition with Red, Blue, and Yellow, is very abstract. ... I've become more interested in the abstract since. ... Whereas Mondrian's painting is completely abstract. ...

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Art, it's everywhere you look. From the billboards you see every day to the pictures you take with your camera. It exists on every continent and every country. Art has been around sense the beginning of time and still thrives today. This essay is to inform and highlight some of the most importan...

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