e.g Piet Mondrian, Raphael and Anish Kapoor
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· Artmaking practice refers to all the things that might be important in the production of an artwork including the emerging technologies, the treatment and use of materials, the ideas and concepts, their representation of thoughts, the artists' feelings and experiences, their personal symbols and signs, stylistic innovations, the artists' intention and philosophy,
Artists like Frida Kahlo use symbols mostly to symbolize their feelings through something similar. Also cultural heritage as well as culture and other influences are used as symbols to represent their emotions and their belonging. For example Frida Kahlo used animals and plants to show babies because she greatly missed not being able to have them
As Renaissance art moved through Northern Europe, themes adapted to local customs. The Northern artists had a meticulous rendering of details. The artists used symbols to represent the religious meanings in paintings.
They placed religious symbols in the background
Byzantine artists were the first Western artists to develop the use of abstraction.