Fire Arrow
by Marcia Lee Jones
Title
Fire Arrow
Artist
Marcia Lee Jones
Medium
Photograph - Photography
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Love abstracts because it's really left up to every ones own interpretation.
Art historians often divide modern art into categories of figurative/representational and abstract art. Although they are by no means mutually exclusive, figurative art is made with the intention of representing a likeness. When painting a traditional portrait or still-life, for example, the artist tries to make a copy of what he sees before him. The Abstract artist is more concerned with capturing a concept or feeling, often using symbolism, irony, juxtaposition, etc. Abstract art challenges the viewer to discover its meaning.
Much of the art of earlier cultures � signs and marks on pottery, textiles, and inscriptions and paintings on rock � were simple, geometric and linear forms which might have had a symbolic or decorative purpose. It is at this level of visual meaning that abstract art communicates. One can enjoy the beauty of Chinese calligraphy or Islamic calligraphy without being able to read it.
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