non-objective
Purely form-based art
Non-objective describes art that doesn't represent recognizable objects or figures from the external world.
Unlike abstract art, which distorts or simplifies real things, non-objective art has no referent—it consists purely of shapes, colors, and forms: Kandinsky's later paintings are entirely non-objective.
Also spelled nonobjective.
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- KandinskyBauhaus painting instructor
- MondrianDutch abstract grid artist
- expressionismDistorting reality for emotion
- gesturalRelating to body movements
painterly · formalism · suprematism · Rothko · lyrical · spontaneous · intuitive · automatism
Unfairly favoring one side
- partialFavoring one side
- prejudicedBiased against a group
- slantedAngled from vertical
- one-sidedUnfairly weighted toward one
unfair · partisan · skewed · opinionated · personal · influenced · emotional · invested
Exceptionally impressive or unusual
- perspectivalRelating to point of view
- relativistOne who denies absolutes
- constructivistBeliever in built understanding
- idealistPursuer of noble principles
perception · interpretation · observer · experiential · consciousness · qualia · epistemic · ontological
abstract
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- KandinskyBauhaus painting instructor
- MondrianDutch abstract grid artist
- expressionismDistorting reality for emotion
gestural · painterly · formalism · suprematism · Rothko · lyrical · spontaneous · intuitive · automatism · biomorphic
biased
Unfairly favoring one side
- partialFavoring one side
- prejudicedBiased against a group
- slantedAngled from vertical
one-sided · unfair · partisan · skewed · opinionated · personal · influenced · emotional · invested · interested
phenomenal
Exceptionally impressive or unusual
- perspectivalRelating to point of view
- relativistOne who denies absolutes
- constructivistBeliever in built understanding
idealist · perception · interpretation · observer · experiential · consciousness · qualia · epistemic · ontological · Kant
non-objectiverepresentational
Depicting recognizable subjects
figurative · objective · realistic · realist · naturalistic
non-objectiveobjective
Purpose or goal
impartial · unbiased · neutral · dispassionate · disinterested
objective, object, objects, objected, objecting, objection, objections, objectify, objectification