Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who occupies himself with abstractions; an idealist; a dreamer.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An idealist.
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- adjective Related or tending to
abstractionism , particularly art. - noun Someone who supports or creates
abstract art .
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- noun a painter of abstract pictures
- adjective not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature
Etymologies
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Examples
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“abstractionist” view (following the terminology of Van Inwagen 1986), or “ersatz” view (in the terminology of Lewis 1986) is prima facie committed only to representations, as a modal fictionalist must it seems also be, but the abstractionist is a realist about possible worlds, and thus has prima facie a more straightforward approach than the fictionalist's.
Modal Fictionalism Nolan, Daniel 2007
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A John Ferren rug and a diminutive glade of Dorothy Dehner sculptures demonstrate that it was possible to evoke the abstractionist spirit in smalls and works in media other than paint.
Patricia Zohn: CultureZohn: Ab Ex NY: A Contemporary Re-Telling of the Abstract Expressionist Tale Opens at MoMA Patricia Zohn 2010
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In this case, it's a defiantly spare, beautifully quiet show of 19 of the approximately 30 wood sculptures that the American abstractionist Ellsworth Kelly b. 1923—better known for his bright color-panel paintings—has made over the past half-century.
Beautiful, Quiet and Spare Peter Plagens 2011
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Bojorquez studied at the Chouinard School of Art during the late 60s with abstractionist Matsumi Kanemitsu among others.
Tom Gregory: The Influence of the LA Streets on Art Tom Gregory 2011
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"I have destroyed the ring of the horizon and got out of the circle of objects," exhorted the Russian abstractionist Kasmir Malevich, "Comrade aviators, sail on into the depths."
John Seed: "Basel Mural I" by Sam Francis: An Artist at the Height of His Powers John Seed 2011
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A John Ferren rug and a diminutive glade of Dorothy Dehner sculptures demonstrate that it was possible to evoke the abstractionist spirit in smalls and works in media other than paint.
Patricia Zohn: CultureZohn: Ab Ex NY: A Contemporary Re-Telling of the Abstract Expressionist Tale Opens at MoMA Patricia Zohn 2010
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In these oils and mixed-media works, depicting nudes, dancers, holidays and fever dreams — and which at times resemble scenes of ritual sacrifice — he thinks like an abstractionist and moves like a contortionist.
Playing With Sand, Wind and Fire Lance Esplund 2011
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"I have destroyed the ring of the horizon and got out of the circle of objects," exhorted the Russian abstractionist Kasmir Malevich, "Comrade aviators, sail on into the depths."
John Seed: "Basel Mural I" by Sam Francis: An Artist at the Height of His Powers John Seed 2011
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A John Ferren rug and a diminutive glade of Dorothy Dehner sculptures demonstrate that it was possible to evoke the abstractionist spirit in smalls and works in media other than paint.
Patricia Zohn: CultureZohn: Ab Ex NY: A Contemporary Re-Telling of the Abstract Expressionist Tale Opens at MoMA Patricia Zohn 2010
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"I have destroyed the ring of the horizon and got out of the circle of objects," exhorted the Russian abstractionist Kasmir Malevich, "Comrade aviators, sail on into the depths."
John Seed: "Basel Mural I" by Sam Francis: An Artist at the Height of His Powers John Seed 2011
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