Watercolors-OPVS-WABSTRACTUS!
Abstract Watercolor artworks by Topalski
About
Abstract art...
Abstract art is now generally understood to mean art that does
not depict objects in the natural world, but instead uses shapes
and colors in a non-representational or subjective way.
Abstract
art is not an invention of the twentieth century. In the Jewish
and Islamic religion the depiction of human beings was not allowed.
Consequently the Islamic and Jewish cultures developed a high
standard of decorative arts. Also calligraphy is a form of non-figurative
art.
In the
very early 20th century, the term was more often used to describe
art, such as Cubist and Futurist art, that depicts real forms
in a simplified or rather reduced way - keeping only an allusion
of the original natural subject. Such paintings were often claimed
to capture something of the depicted objects' immutable intrinsic
qualities rather than its external appearance. The term non-figurative
is used as a synonym.
