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When It Comes To Abstract Art, The Viewer Defines The Painting. If You Like Figuring Cut The Hidden Meaning of Each Brush Stroke, Then These Abstract Paintings Are For You.

- MANSIDAK KAUR

The 19th century was an incredibly art versatile period and was made up of a variety of genres. So, the art pieces embodied the multiple changes taking place in society at that time. One art form to originate from that period was Abstract Art which originated due to the desire of artists to create artworks unrestrained from visual references occurring in real life. Now, the word 'abstract' is actually theoretical in nature. It is something meant to look stunning, yet deliver a serious message to the viewer. To the ordinary eye, it might seem childlike or misdrawn by the painter; something vague and incomplete. Thus, what makes it so unapologetically hypothetical, is the absence of a subject. And since one of the main philosophies of abstract art is that reality is subjective, not concrete, this is why it is also called a "Thinker's painting." It is widely thought that Abstract Art arose during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It arose from artists' need to create works unrelated to any perceptible references, till artworks became completely detached from reality altogether. The reason behind this was that artists found the reality at that time to be incredibly restricting, so artists felt a need to break away from the limitations of it. Now, throughout the early 20th centur