abstract expressionism

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Definition of abstract expressionism in English Turkish dictionary

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Definition of abstract expressionism in English English dictionary

An American genre of modern art that used improvised techniques to generate highly abstract forms

style of abstract art characterized by sinuous lines, organic shapes, and few identifiable objects Often understood to be a free expression of subconscious mental activity

An art style of imageless and anti-formal paintings, improvisatory, dynamic, energetic, and free in technique, centered in New York in the post World War II era It was mainly used to describe non-geometric abstractions, and first came into use as a description of Kandinsky's paintings from 1910-14, but it applied more accurately to the work of Gorky and Pollock, and later Newman and Rothko

A term used generally to describe contemporary painting It was originally applied to Kandinsky’s abstract painting of the 1920’s, but many painters are still painting in this style today Paintings of this style are abstractions, with no recognizable relationship to anything in nature The style reflects the innermost feeling of the artist and usually results as an emotional release of the artist’s anger, fear or frustration Abstract Expressionism was the first artistic movement to have its roots both in Europe and in America Artists who painted in this style include Willem De Kooning, Mark Rothko, and Jackson Pollack

an American art movement of the 1950s and 1960s which invites the viewer to intuitively respond to colour and form

a style and movement of non-representational painting where artists apply paint quickly and forcefully to express feeling and emotion Developed in the 1940's and 1950's, the often-large works appear to be accidental but are very intentional Jackson Pollock is the movement's most important figures

American art movement of the 1940s that emphasized form and color within a nonrepresentational framework Jackson Pollock initiated the revolutionary technique of splattering the paint directly on canvas to achieve the subconscious interpretation of the artist's inner vision of reality

An American art movement from the 1950s and 60s Paintings by the Abstract Expressionists are non-objective, meaning that they have no basis in recognizable representations of the real world The birth of Abstract Expressionism marked the shift of the center of the art world from Europe to the US

The Russian Wassily Kandinsky sought Expressionism emotions in non-objective, or abstract, paintings He saw that objects and figures were not necessary to produce feelings in art He could do it with lines, shapes, and colors alone Kandinsky painted Expressionistic art that was abstract: hence, Abstract Expressionism The individual styles of Abstract Expressionists are as varied and individual as a person's handwriting This art movement contains great variety, for its creative method inspires individualism in its artists Abstract Expressionism began with no preconceived notions other than the experience of their most recent canvases But as the artist proceeds with the painting, the Abstract Expressionist carefully considers where it is to go The artist thinks about the arrangement of colors, lines and shapes

An art movement, primarily in painting, that originated in the United States in the 1940s and remained strong through the 1950s Artists working in many different styles emphasized spontaneous personal expression in large paintings that are abstract or nonrepresentational One type of Abstract Expressionism is called action painting See also expressionism

a New York school of painting characterized by freely created abstractions; the first important school of American painting to develop independently of European styles

A school of painting that flourished after World War II until the early 1960s, characterized by the view that art is nonrepresentational and chiefly improvisational. a style of painting that developed in New York in the late 1940s. It shows shapes and patterns which do not look like real things or people, but are intended to express emotions. It was practised by artists such as Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning. Movement in U.S. painting that began in the late 1940s. Its development was influenced by the radical work of Arshile Gorky and Hans Hofmann and by the immigration in the late 1930s and early '40s of many European avant-garde artists to New York. The Abstract Expressionist movement itself is generally regarded as having begun with the paintings done by Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning in the late 1940s and early '50s. Other artists who came to be associated with the style include Franz Kline, Mark Rothko, Clyfford Still, Philip Guston, Helen Frankenthaler, Barnett Newman, Adolph Gottlieb, Robert Motherwell, Lee Krasner, and Ad Reinhardt. The movement comprised many styles but shared several characteristics. The works were usually abstract (i.e., they depicted forms not found in the natural world); they emphasized freedom of emotional expression, technique, and execution; they displayed a single unified, undifferentiated field, network, or other image in unstructured space; and the canvases were large, to enhance the visual effect and project monumentality and power. The movement had a great impact on U.S. and European art in the 1950s; it marked the shift of the creative centre of modern painting from Paris to New York. See also abstract art; action painting

artistic movement seeking to give symbolic expression to inner experience

Hyphenation

ab·stract ex·pres·sion·i·sm

Turkish pronunciation

äbsträkt îkspreşınîzım

Pronunciation

/abˈstrakt əkˈspresʜənˌəzəm/ /æbˈstrækt ɪkˈsprɛʃənˌɪzəm/