abstract art

1. A trend in painting and sculpture in the twentieth century. Abstract art seeks to break away from traditional representation of physical objects. It explores the relationships of forms and colors, whereas more traditional art represents the world in recognizable images.

Example Sentences

Lately, those maps have come to resemble abstract art, or just crayoning gone wild.

From New York Times

That abstract art shouldn’t be sullied by talking about things.

From Seattle Times

In the postwar years their interest turned to abstract art.

From Los Angeles Times

Diagrams of these unlikely events require onerous calculations and resemble abstract art, with arcane loops and squiggles representing hosts of virtual interactions.

From Scientific American

Three days later, movie officials reported a second theft: a 150-pound abstract art statue that was stolen from the vicinity of a cemetery.

From New York Times