Meaning Of The Word Abstract expressionism
What's the definition of Abstract expressionism? Find Abstract expressionism meanings, definitions and more at the Real Dictionary online.
Abstract expressionism Meaning
| Abstract expressionism Definition |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Abstract expressionism?
abstract expressionism in American English
a post-WWII movement in painting characterized by emphasis on the artist's spontaneous and self-expressive application of paint in creating a nonrepresentational composition noun: a movement in experimental, nonrepresentational painting originating in the U.S. in the 1940s, with sources in earlier movements, and embracing many individual styles marked in common by freedom of technique, a preference for dramatically large canvases, abstract expressionism in British English noun: a school of painting in New York in the 1940s that combined the spontaneity of expressionism with abstract forms in unpremeditated, apparently random, compositions |
More Definitions
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Definitions Of The Day
- Polyanthus ‐ any of various primroses with many flowers; noun:…
- Gentilhomme ‐ noun: a…
- Martingal ‐ noun; noun: a strap from the reins to the girth…
- Omphacite ‐ noun: a green, foliated mineral; noun: a pale-green…
- Freezing fog ‐ noun: fog in which the temperature of the water…
- Cut tobacco ‐ noun: tobacco cut into thin shreds as used in…
- Synchro swimming ‐ noun; noun: the art or sport of one or more swimmers…
- Regiment ‐ a military unit consisting of two or more battalions…
- Pintado petrel ‐ noun; noun: a species of seagoing petrel, Daption…
- Jack Rose ‐ noun: a cocktail made with apple brandy, lime…