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  2. 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.

  3. Abstraction (art) - Wikipedia

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    Strictly speaking, it refers to art unconcerned with the literal depiction of things from the visible world [1] —it can, however, refer to an object or image which has been distilled from the real world, or indeed, another work of art. Artwork that reshapes the natural world for expressive purposes is called abstract; that which derives from ...

  4. Annotation - Wikipedia

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    DNA annotation or genome annotation is the process of identifying the locations of genes and all of the coding regions in a genome and determining what those genes do. An annotation (irrespective of the context) is a note added by way of explanation or commentary. Once a genome is sequenced, it needs to be annotated to make sense of it. [49]

  5. Commentary: Why the late Sam Gilliam's inventive abstract ...

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    The Washington, D.C., artist Sam Gilliam, who died at age 88 over the weekend, crossed painting and sculpture in draped canvases.

  6. Glossary of library and information science - Wikipedia

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    Abstract Is a brief set of statements that summarize, classifies, evaluates, or describes the important points of a text, particularly a journal article. An abstract is typically found on the first page of a scholarly article. Because an abstract summarizes an article, it is very useful for either browsing or keyword searching. Annotation

  7. Abstraction - Wikipedia

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    Typically, abstraction is used in the arts as a synonym for abstract art in general. Strictly speaking, it refers to art unconcerned with the literal depiction of things from the visible world—it can, however, refer to an object or image which has been distilled from the real world, or indeed, another work of art. [16]

  8. Diane Pfister - Wikipedia

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    Diane Pfister is an American artist and art lecturer whose work was first recognized in London, England, and other territories of the United Kingdom.Her early work includes collage, impressionism and abstract expressionism but is now [when?] primarily abstract oils, incorporating techniques drawn from microphotography, map coordinates and satellite surveillance to merge abstraction with 21st ...

  9. Psychology of art - Wikipedia

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    Theoretically, one should experience more need for structure when viewing abstract art than figurative art since unrelated meaning threats (abstract art) evoke a temporarily heightened general need for meaning. [28] However, results showed that overall scores for representational art, and abstract art did not differ significantly from one another.