Hidden is a painting by Sydne Archambault which was uploaded on May 8th, 2013.
Hidden
Abstract art uses a visual language of form, color and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual... more
Title
Hidden
Artist
Sydne Archambault
Medium
Painting - Digital Art/digital Painting
Description
Abstract art uses a visual language of form, color and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world.[1] Western art had been, from the Renaissance up to the middle of the 19th century, underpinned by the logic of perspective and an attempt to reproduce an illusion of visible reality. The arts of cultures other than the European had become accessible and showed alternative ways of describing visual experience to the artist. By the end of the 19th century many artists felt a need to create a new kind of art which would encompass the fundamental changes taking place in technology, science and philosophy. The sources from which individual artists drew their theoretical arguments were diverse, and reflected the social and intellectual preoccupations in all areas of Western culture at that time.[2]
Abstract art, nonfigurative art, nonobjective art, and nonrepresentational art are loosely related terms. They are similar, but perhaps not of identical meaning.
Abstraction indicates a departure from reality in depiction of imagery in art. This departure from accurate representation can be only slight, or it can be partial, or it can be complete. Abstraction exists along a continuum. Even art that aims for verisimilitude of the highest degree can be said to be abstract, at least theoretically, since perfect representation is likely to be exceedingly elusive. Artwork which takes liberties, altering for instance color and form in ways that are conspicuous, can be said to be partially abstract. Total abstraction bears no trace of any reference to anything recognizable. In geometric abstraction, for instance, one is unlikely to find references to naturalistic entities. Figurative art and total abstraction are almost mutually exclusive. But figurative and representational (or realistic) art often contains partial abstraction.
Both geometric abstraction and lyrical abstraction are often totally abstract. Among the very numerous art movements that embody partial abstraction would be for instance fauvism in which color is conspicuously and deliberately altered vis-a-vis reality, and cubism, which blatantly alters the forms of the real life entities depicted.
Uploaded
May 8th, 2013
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Comments (46)
ANA MARIA EDULESCU
This is such a marvelous abstract work, Sydne. I just love the colors and the incredible complexity of this work. f,l
Marcia Weller-Wenbert
Gorgeous piece! Love the movement and colors. The title is great - I kept looking for what was hidden in the piece for me.
Sydne Archambault replied:
Thank you Marcia so much. Yes to find the hidden in this piece. Sort of a mystery even to me!
Sydne Archambault
Wow Anne you caught the hidden. Thank you for taking time to go a little deeper in this piece! I am very appreciative in all ways!
Anne-Elizabeth Whiteway
Note: I would recommend that everyone take a closer view of this with the computer enlarger to see the fabulous maze-like background as well as the fascinating images up close.: