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  2. Aestheticism - Wikipedia

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    The Peacock Room, designed in the Anglo-Japanese style by James Abbott McNeill Whistler and Edward Godwin, one of the most famous and comprehensive examples of Aesthetic interior design Aestheticism (also known as the aesthetic movement ) was an art movement in the late 19th century that valued the appearance of literature , music , fonts and ...

  3. Abstract art - Wikipedia

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    Abstract art uses visual language of shape, form, color and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world. [1] Abstract art, non-figurative art, non-objective art, and non-representational art are all closely related terms. They have similar, but perhaps not identical, meanings.

  4. Antoni Tàpies - Wikipedia

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    His abstract art and other avant-garde works were displayed in many major museums all over the world. [6] In 1954, Tàpies married Teresa Barba Fabregas. Together, they had three children Antoni, Miguel and Clara. [7] He lived mainly in Barcelona. Tàpies died on 6 February 2012 at the age of 88. [6]

  5. Applied aesthetics - Wikipedia

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    Applied aesthetics is the application of the branch of philosophy of aesthetics to cultural constructs. In a variety of fields, artifacts (whether physical or abstract) are created that have both practical functionality and aesthetic affectation. In some cases, aesthetics is primary, and in others, functionality is primary.

  6. List of paintings by Wassily Kandinsky - Wikipedia

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    Abstract Interpretation: Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven 49.5 x 34.6 Oil on board 1925 In the Bright Oval: Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid 73 x 59 Oil on carton 1925 Black Triangle: Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam 95 x 70.7 Oil paint on card board 1925 Oval No.2: Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris 34.5 x 28.7 Oil paint on ...

  7. Kitchen sink realism - Wikipedia

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    Bratby did various kitchen and bathroom-themed paintings, including three paintings of toilets. Bratby's paintings of people often depicted the faces of his subjects as desperate and unsightly. [11] [12] Kitchen sink realism artists painted everyday objects, such as trash cans and beer bottles. The critic David Sylvester wrote an article in ...

  8. White Center (Yellow, Pink and Lavender on Rose) - Wikipedia

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    The painting is structured vertically, starting with a yellow horizontal rectangle at the top, a black horizontal strip, a narrow white rectangular band and the bottom half is lavender. The top half of the rose ground is deeper in colour and the bottom half is pale. It measures 205.8 × 141 cm.

  9. Ruth Asawa - Wikipedia

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    At Black Mountain College, Asawa began making looped-wire sculptures inspired by basket crocheting technique she learned in 1947 during a trip to Mexico. [1] In 1955, she held her first exhibition in New York and by the early 1960s, she had achieved commercial and critical success and became an advocate for public art according to her belief of ...