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  • In 1929, Alfred Barr used the term Abstract Expressionism in relation to works by

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] JMR10 2009

  • From these Metaphysiques, which are mingled with the Scripture to make Schoole Divinity, wee are told, there be in the world certaine Essences separated from Bodies, which they call Abstract

    Leviathan Thomas Hobbes 1633

  • "It's of monumental scale, which is essential to the definition of Abstract Expressionism."

    Still's Stalwart Judith H. Dobrzynski 2011

  • When communicating with a Left-brain Abstract person, you are likely to experience the following characteristics:

    What Kind of Thinker Are You? 2007

  • Right-brain Abstract (Synthetic) are visionary thinkers who look at the big picture and try to understand how things relate to each other.

    Archive 2007-06-01 2007

  • Right-brain Abstract (Synthetic) are visionary thinkers who look at the big picture and try to understand how things relate to each other.

    What Kind of Thinker Are You? 2007

  • Left-brain Abstract (Analytic) thrive on careful analysis of all pertinent factors before making any decisions.

    Archive 2007-06-01 2007

  • When communicating with a Left-brain Abstract person, you are likely to experience the following characteristics:

    Archive 2007-06-01 2007

  • Left-brain Abstract (Analytic) thrive on careful analysis of all pertinent factors before making any decisions.

    What Kind of Thinker Are You? 2007

  • The exhibition shows him as an artist who has spent his career assiduously converting the rule-ridden zone of Minimalist abstraction into a capacious yet disciplined place, pushing it toward landscape and the figure while reconnecting it to its roots in Abstract Expressionism and beyond, in non-Western art.

    Vitro Nasu » 2006 » November 2006

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