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07/13/2004 09:03:11 PM · #1 |
I have a lot of pictures I consider "abstract". Like this one.
What does Abstract mean to you?
Message edited by author 2004-07-13 21:03:29.
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07/13/2004 09:05:09 PM · #2 |
ab·stract adj.
Considered apart from concrete existence: an abstract concept.
Not applied or practical; theoretical. See Synonyms at theoretical.
Difficult to understand; abstruse: abstract philosophical problems.
Thought of or stated without reference to a specific instance: abstract words like truth and justice.
Impersonal, as in attitude or views.
Having an intellectual and affective artistic content that depends solely on intrinsic form rather than on narrative content or pictorial representation: abstract painting and sculpture.
Message edited by author 2004-07-13 21:05:57.
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07/13/2004 09:06:46 PM · #3 |
Originally posted by wwwavenger:
ab·stract adj.
Considered apart from concrete existence: an abstract concept.
Not applied or practical; theoretical. See Synonyms at theoretical.
Difficult to understand; abstruse: abstract philosophical problems.
Thought of or stated without reference to a specific instance: abstract words like truth and justice.
Impersonal, as in attitude or views.
Having an intellectual and affective artistic content that depends solely on intrinsic form rather than on narrative content or pictorial representation: abstract painting and sculpture.
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so does the picture i put up below, meet the requirements of "abstract"
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07/13/2004 09:52:04 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by crazycrystal1977:
so does the picture i put up below, meet the requirements of "abstract" |
It would to me, because the "purpose" seems to be the expression of contrasting colors and textures in roughly geometric formations, rather than a literal or forensic depiction of a particular body part and a garment.
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07/13/2004 09:59:27 PM · #5 |
To me abstract is when in the image there is not a clear so called "subject" and it is more focused on balance, color composition, lines and such.
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07/14/2004 02:11:31 AM · #6 |
I agree with what's been said up to now but isn't there another aspect of abstract: the case where a clear subject in an image represents something abstract. For example a portrait of a person clearly exhibiting joy or sadness, etc.
For me a purely graphic image doesn't necessarily meet the definition of "Having an intellectual and affective artistic content", i.e. no intellectual content?
Is there an answer to this at all? Or as the old song asked "does anybody know what time it is, does anybody care"?
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07/14/2004 02:18:56 AM · #7 |
One of my 'Abstract' attempts.
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