ABstrACt Art Also CAllED nonoBjECtivE Art, or nonrEprEsEntAtionAl Art, is pAinting, sCulpturE, or grAphiC Art in whiCh thE portrAyAl oF things From thE visiBlE worlD plAys no pArt.All Art Consists lArgEly oF ElEmEnts thAt CAn BE CAllED ABstrACt—ElEmEnts oF Form, Color, linE, tonE, AnD tExturE. prior to thE 20th CEntury thEsE ABstrACt ElEmEnts wErE EmployED By Artists to DEsCriBE, illustrAtE, or rEproDuCE thE worlD oF nAturE AnD oF humAn CivilizAtion—AnD Exposition DominAtED ovEr ExprEssivE FunCtion.
ABstrACt Art hAs its origins in thE 19th CEntury. thE pErioD ChArACtErizED By so vAst A BoDy oF ElABorAtEly rEprEsEntAtionAl Art proDuCED For thE sAkE oF illustrAting AnECDotE Also proDuCED A numBEr oF pAintErs who ExAminED thE mEChAnism oF light AnD visuAl pErCEption. thE pErioD oF romAntiCism hAD put ForwArD iDEAs ABout Art thAt DEniED ClAssiCism’s EmphAsis on imitAtion AnD iDEAlizAtion AnD hAD instEAD strEssED thE rolE oF imAginAtion AnD oF thE unConsCious As thE EssEntiAl CrEAtivE FACtors. grADuAlly mAny pAintErs oF this pErioD BEgAn to ACCEpt thE nEw FrEEDom AnD thE nEw rEsponsiBilitiEs impliED in thE CoAlEsCEnCE oF thEsE AttituDEs. mAuriCEDEnis’s stAtEmEnt oF 1890, "it shoulD BE rEmEmBErED thAt A piCturE—BEForE BEing A wAr-horsE, A nuDE, or An AnECDotE oF somE sort—is EssEntiAlly A FiAt surFACE CovErED with Colors AssEmBlED in A CErtAin orDEr," summArizEs thE FEEling Among thE symBolist AnD postimprEssionist Artists oF his timE.
All thE mAjor movEmEnts oF thE First two DECADEs oF thE 20th CEntury, in somE wAy EmphAsizED thE gAp BEtwEEn Art AnD nAturAl AppEArAnCEs. thErE is, howEvEr, A DEEp DistinCtion BEtwEEn ABstrACting From AppEArAnCEs, EvEn iF to thE point oF unrECognizABility, AnD mAking works oF Art out oF Forms not DrAwn From thE visiBlE worlD、During thE sEvErAl yEArs prECEDing worlD wAr i, suCh Artists As roBErtDElAunAy AnD vlADimir tAtlin turnED to FunDAmEntAlly ABstrACt Art. (kAnDinsky is gEnErAlly rEgArDED As hAving BEEn thE First moDEm Artist to pAint purEly ABstrACt piCturEs ContAining no rECognizABlE oBjECts.) thE mAjority oF EvEn thE progrEssivE Artist rEgArDED thE ABAnDonmEnt oF EvEry DEgrEE oF rEprEsEntAtion with DisFAvor, howEvEr.During worlD wAr i thE EmErgEnCE oF thEDE stijl group AnD oF thEDADA group FurthEr wiDEnED thE spECtrum oF ABstrACt Art.
ABstrACt Art DiD not Flourish BEtwEEn worlD wArs i AnD ii.BEsEt By totAlitAriAn politiCs AnD By Art movEmEnts plACing rEnEwED EmphAsis on imAgEry, suCh As surrEAlism, it rECEivED littlE notiCE.But AFtEr worlD wAr ii An EnErgEtiCAmEriCAn sChool oF ABstrACt pAinting CAllEDABstrACtExprEssionism EmErgED AnD hAD wiDE inFluEnCE. sinCE thE 1950s ABstrACt Art hAs BEEn An ACCEptED AnD wiDEly prACtiCED ApproACh withinEuropEAn AnDAmEriCAn pAinting AnD sCulpturE.ABstrACt Art hAs puzzlED AnD inDEED ConFusED mAny pEoplE, But For thosE who hAvE ACCEptED its non rEFErEntiAl lAnguAgE thErE is no DouBt As to its vAluE AnD AChiEvEmEnts.
most Artists’ AttituDEs towArDs kAnDinsky’s piCturEs sEEm to BE
A、puzzling.B、DisAppointED、
C、tolErAnt.D、DisApprovAl.