Neo Concrete Art
“The Neo-Concrete Movement was a Brazilian art movement, a group that splintered off from the larger Concrete Art movement prevalent in Latin America and in other parts of the world. The Neo-Concretes emerged from Rio de Janeiro’s Grupo Frente” Wikipedia
Concrete art was an art movement with a strong emphasis on geometrical abstraction. The term was first formulated by Theo van Doesburg and was then used by him in 1930 to define the difference between his vision of art and that of other abstract artists of the time.Artists: Theo van Doesburg
What is concrete form art?
Concrete art is abstract art that is entirely free of any basis in observed reality and that has no symbolic meaning.
What is concrete in art history?
Concrete art was an art movement with a strong emphasis on geometrical abstraction. The term was first formulated by Theo van Doesburg and was then used by him in 1930 to define the difference between his vision of art and that of other abstract artists of the time.
What is the difference between concrete art and abstract art?
While abstract art, in the broadest sense of the word, uses shapes and forms often freely borrowed from the real world in order to take its point across, concrete art dispenses with them altogether, instead focusing solely on ideas that emanate “directly from the mind”.
What was the basic principle of art concrete?
“A pictorial element has no other meaning than ‘itself’ and thus the picture has no other meaning than ‘itself’.” “The work of art must be entirely conceived and formed by the mind before its execution. It must receive nothing from nature’s given forms, or from sensuality, or sentimentality.”
Why is it called Neoplasticism?
The term Neoplasticism, coined by an artist named Piet Mondrian, was a rejection of the plasticity of the past. It was a word intended to mean, “New Art.”
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