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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to a style of art in which objects do not resemble those known in physical nature
Classified under:
Similar:
abstract; abstractionist; nonfigurative; nonobjective (not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature)
conventional; formal; schematic (represented in simplified or symbolic form)
geometric; geometrical (characterized by simple geometric forms in design and decoration)
hieratic (adhering to fixed types or methods; highly restrained and formal)
protogeometric (characteristic of the earliest phase of geometric art especially in Greece)
semiabstract (characterized by stylized but recognizable subject matter)
Also:
abstract (existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment)
Domain category:
art; artistic creation; artistic production (the creation of beautiful or significant things)
Antonym:
representational ((used especially of art) depicting objects, figures,or scenes as seen)
