It would be art that isn't a picture of a thing or a scene, with identifiable objects in it. so Jackson Pollock's action paintings - lots of dribbles of paints - would be non-representational. Whereas landscape paintings or portraits, for example, would be representational
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It does not represent any objects or subjects from the real world.
ALL art has a subject matter.Gratuitous scribble is not art. At best it is the early attemps of an infant or it is vandalism and defacement.
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Kazimir Malevich
Nonrepresentational art is also called non-figurative or abstract. It means a picture which does not depict anything, only shape and color. Click link for some examples! Representational (figurative) art depicts something (person, thing, landscape, etc).
The opposite of realism is falseness, fantasy, or fakery. As it pertains to art, the opposite of realism is nonrepresentational art or abstract art.
It does not represent any objects or subjects from the real world.
ALL art has a subject matter.Gratuitous scribble is not art. At best it is the early attemps of an infant or it is vandalism and defacement.
representational
It does not represent any objects or subjects from the real world.
Representational art depicts recognizable subjects from the real world, such as people, landscapes, or objects, aiming to represent them in a way that viewers can identify. In contrast, nonrepresentational art (or abstract art) does not attempt to represent specific objects or scenes, focusing instead on elements like colors, shapes, and forms to evoke emotions or concepts without a direct visual reference. The key difference lies in the presence or absence of recognizable imagery.
1) the most famous pop art artists were Americans- andy warhol, japer johns and Roy Liechtenstein 2)