Great artwork can be a totally absorbing and magnificent thing. Gallery enthusiasts and casual admirers can be seen in many cities absorbed with the canvasses of great painters. Displays of art can be devoted to one or other art genre like Romanticism or Realism as well as those who concentrate on original abstract art.
Abstract paintings do sometimes receive criticism from their viewing public and it is not uncommon to hear people say that they are difficult to understand or confusing. This, to some degree, is the whole point about this artistic form because it requires the viewer to use imagination. It is not uncommon for two or three people to look at one piece and for all to have completely differing interpretations of it. A basic explanation regarding this style of art follows that may aid newcomers in gaining a better understanding of what this genre represents and how to approach the subject.
One description with a practical approach sees this art-form as one lacking a clearly identifiable topic. In other words not representing, clearly at least, an object or person. This may come across as somewhat vague, but acknowledging this is the key to understanding this type of art. Art historians see the turn of the twentieth century as the origins of this artistic fashion. Hereafter a split occurred with the origination of the idea that art needed to accurately portray the subject material at hand, the popular point of view to this point.
So if a piece of art is to have an impact on its audience, it must possess that special something that will grasp the viewer's attention. Further it should then maintain their attention, drawing them ever nearer to the point that the viewer becomes engaged at an emotional level with the work and is driven to delve deeper into determining the message of the creator.
The primary point is one whereby the viewer does their best to work out exactly what is portrayed, in a logical visual sense, on the canvas. The transformation to true interpretation of this form takes place when the images begin to emerge from the painting to communicate with the individual mind of observers. This is best seen as a back to front type of visualization.
The image or message that arises, however obscure it may or may not be, could be seen similarly by many, or individuals may report all interpreting the image in a different way. This in an essence is the wonder of the process because there is no right or wrong and the art is very much in the hands of the beholder.
This discussion has been confined to painting on canvas but there is no limit to the scope and range of this technique. The same creative principle can be practiced in sculpture, music, dance and theatre with similar diverse interpretations arising. Musicians will no doubt say that non-lyrical pieces are totally abstract and that this is the only form of art they can produce.
Of course the artist does leave some clues to assist in the interpretation of their creations. One key tool that most works have is the title. This will definitely influence the direction that subsequent thoughts may follow. But at the end of the day the beauty of original abstract art is that the rest is pretty much down to the viewing public.
Abstract paintings do sometimes receive criticism from their viewing public and it is not uncommon to hear people say that they are difficult to understand or confusing. This, to some degree, is the whole point about this artistic form because it requires the viewer to use imagination. It is not uncommon for two or three people to look at one piece and for all to have completely differing interpretations of it. A basic explanation regarding this style of art follows that may aid newcomers in gaining a better understanding of what this genre represents and how to approach the subject.
One description with a practical approach sees this art-form as one lacking a clearly identifiable topic. In other words not representing, clearly at least, an object or person. This may come across as somewhat vague, but acknowledging this is the key to understanding this type of art. Art historians see the turn of the twentieth century as the origins of this artistic fashion. Hereafter a split occurred with the origination of the idea that art needed to accurately portray the subject material at hand, the popular point of view to this point.
So if a piece of art is to have an impact on its audience, it must possess that special something that will grasp the viewer's attention. Further it should then maintain their attention, drawing them ever nearer to the point that the viewer becomes engaged at an emotional level with the work and is driven to delve deeper into determining the message of the creator.
The primary point is one whereby the viewer does their best to work out exactly what is portrayed, in a logical visual sense, on the canvas. The transformation to true interpretation of this form takes place when the images begin to emerge from the painting to communicate with the individual mind of observers. This is best seen as a back to front type of visualization.
The image or message that arises, however obscure it may or may not be, could be seen similarly by many, or individuals may report all interpreting the image in a different way. This in an essence is the wonder of the process because there is no right or wrong and the art is very much in the hands of the beholder.
This discussion has been confined to painting on canvas but there is no limit to the scope and range of this technique. The same creative principle can be practiced in sculpture, music, dance and theatre with similar diverse interpretations arising. Musicians will no doubt say that non-lyrical pieces are totally abstract and that this is the only form of art they can produce.
Of course the artist does leave some clues to assist in the interpretation of their creations. One key tool that most works have is the title. This will definitely influence the direction that subsequent thoughts may follow. But at the end of the day the beauty of original abstract art is that the rest is pretty much down to the viewing public.
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