What is Abstract art?
[[File:Suprematism with Blue Triangle and Black Square.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Kazimir Malevich]], 1915.]] [[File:Fugue.JPG|200px|thumb|''Fugue'', [[Kandinsky]] 1914]] [[File:Brooklyn Museum - Xdx - Manierre Dawson - overall.jpg|200px|thumb|Xdx, by Manierre Dawson. [[Brooklyn Museum]] dates it as about 1910.]] '''Abstract art''' is [[modern art]] which does not represent [[image]]s of our everyday world. It has [[colour]], [[line]]s and [[shape]]s ([[form]]), but they are not intended to represent [[object]]s or [[organism|living things]]. Often the artists were influenced by ideas and philosophies of [[abstraction]].<ref>Gooding, Mel 2000. ''Abstract art''. Tate Publishing, London. {{ISBN|1854373021}}</ref> [https://theurbannarrative.com/blogs/news/what-is-modern-abstract-art-and-what-makes-a-great-abstract-painting Abstract art is found in painting] and in [[sculpture]]. There are also many works of art which are partly abstract, and partly [[wikt:representation|representational]]. Many artists worked in abstract and other types of modern art. Purely abstract art is a 20th-century invention. It grew out of the earlier forms of modern art, but it is perhaps the one movement which is absolutely modern. It has no roots in earlier art (as we use the term today).<ref>Just possibly some [[Rock art|prehistoric art]] might be counted. [[Islamic]] decorative [[tile]]s in early [[mosque]]s might be a candidate.</ref> Abstract art challenges viewers to interpret and engage with the artwork on an emotional or intellectual level, rather than focusing on realistic representation. == Early years == One of the first to achieve complete abstract paintings was [[Kazimir Malevich]], who presented a completely black square in 1913. He was a [[Suprematist]], an art movement based on simple geometrical shapes. Art based on [[geometry]] is a kind of [[geometric abstraction]]. [[Wassily Kandinsky]] painted a famous work ''Composition VII'' in 1913, which was completely abstract and very complex. The case of [[Manierre Dawson]],