Geometric abstraction is a form of abstract art based on the use of geometric forms sometimes, though not always, placed in non-illusionistic space and combined into non-objective (non-representational) compositions.
Also, geometric abstraction is in line with classical aesthetics: Plato for example maintained that the highest form of beauty lies in the 'ideal' concept or geometry of a thing, rather than its actual appearance in the natural world.
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Geometric abstract art is a form of abstract art based on the use of simple geometric forms placed in non-illusionistic space and combined into non-objective compositions.
geometric abstraction: an approach in non-representational art which plays with the relationships between geometric shapes, forms, colours and textures. In some instances compositions are generated from observed forms.
geometric abstraction
Refers to a strong emphasis on geometric shapes (circles, squares, rectangles, etc.) providing either structure or subject matter for a work of art.
Geometric abstraction refers to nonobjective art that is based on reductive and geometric principles. At its purest, it seeks to strip art down to its most fundamental shapes and lines.
Noun
1. a geometric abstractionis movement that originated in Russia and influenced constructivism
(hypernym) artistic movement, art movement
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Developing the tradition of geometric abstraction that had emerged in Argentina in the 1940s with groups such as Arte Concreto Invención, Movimiento Madí and Perceptismo, ...
By the 1951 Museum of Modern Art exhibition 'Abstract Painting and Sculpture in America', the term was used to refer to all types of non-geometric abstraction.
Op art is also referred to as geometric abstraction and hard-edge abstraction, although the preferred term for it is perceptual abstraction.
After WWII painters contemplated the legacy of geometric abstraction characterized in the early 20th century developments (through Cubism, Futurism, Suprematism, Constructivism and De Stijl) as a load and the cold intellectualism, ...
Brazilian group whose artistic philosophy embraced geometric abstraction as opposed to figurative art
Figurative Art
Art which portrays, in however altered or distorted a form, things perceived in the visible world.
Surrealism paved the way for later movements such as Abstract Expressionism and the Magic Realism. Surrealism offered an alternative to geometric abstraction and kept expressive content alive in the 20th century.
Artists: (biography & artworks) ...
Op art, also known as optical art, is a genre of visual art, especially painting, that makes use of optical illusions. Op art is also known as geometric abstraction and hard-edge abstraction, ...
It is characterized by rich solid colors, neat surfaces and a collection of multiple forms on the canvas. It is often associated with Geometric Abstraction, Post-Painterly Abstraction and Color Field Painting.
Which might well be the rallying point for the Post-Impressionists (Paul Gauguin and Vincent van Gogh), as well as all the "Expressionistic/Abstract" artists and not a few of the "Cubistic/Geometric Abstractionists" who will follow them, ...
Through their efforts, recognition for synthetic cubism, geometric abstraction, neoplasticism, abstract biomorphism, and hard edge was achieved, and the way was paved for the emergence of the New York school of Abstract Expressionism.
 See also: Abstraction, Painting, Movement, Expression, Sculpture
  
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