nonrepresentational

adjectives

of or relating to a style of art in which objects do not resemble those known in physical nature

antonym

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not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature

"a large abstract painting"

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represented in simplified or symbolic form

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characterized by simple geometric forms in design and decoration

"a buffalo hide painted with red and black geometric designs"

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adhering to fixed types or methods; highly restrained and formal

"the more hieratic sculptures leave the viewer curiously unmoved"

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characteristic of the earliest phase of geometric art especially in Greece

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characterized by stylized but recognizable subject matter

domain category

the creation of beautiful or significant things

"art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully"