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 colours in a non-representational or subjective way. In the very early 20th century, the term was more often used to describe art, such as Cubist and Futurist art, that does represent the natural world, but does so by capturing something of its immutable intrinsic qualities rather than by imitating its external appearance. See Abstraction.

Bibliography

• {{note|Compton}} {{Book reference | Author=Compton, Susan | Title=The World Backwards: Russian Futurist Books 1912-16 | Publisher=The British Library | Year=1978 | ID=ISBN 0714103969}}
• {{note|StangosThamesHudson}} {{Book reference | Author=Stangos, Nikos (editor) | Title=Concepts of Modern Art | Publisher=Thames and Hudson | Year=revised 1981 | ID=ISBN 0500201962}}
• {{note|Gooding}} {{Book reference | Author=Gooding, Mel | Title=Abstract Art (Movements in Modern Art series) | Publisher=Tate Publishing | Year=2001 | ID=ISBN 1854373021}}