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abstraction

[ab-strak-shuhn] / æbˈstræk ʃən /


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Born in the 19th century, Brancusi made his career in 20th century Paris, his work the epitome of Modernist abstraction.

From Los Angeles Times

Both brains and slugs use the same chemical mechanisms to develop abstractions, general rules to guide their hosts through the chaos of moment-to-moment experience.

From The Wall Street Journal

At the same time the image is simplified to the point of abstraction.

From The Wall Street Journal

It isn’t only because dramatic realism is broadly appealing to a public in ways modern abstraction isn’t.

From Los Angeles Times

In Monet’s views of the Palazzo Ducale seen from a gondola, the pale wall of the building and its block of rosy reflection threaten to become an abstraction.

From The Wall Street Journal