Abstract
Abstract adjective - Using elements of form (as color, line, or texture) with little or no attempt at creating a realistic picture.
Usage example: Cubism is a style of abstract art in which natural forms are broken up into geometric shapes
Expressionist and abstract are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Expressionist" instead an adjective "Abstract".
Expressionist
Expressionist adjective - Of or relating to expressionism.
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Abstract and expressionist are semantically related. You can use "Abstract" instead an adjective "Expressionist".
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In this decade, Berlin became a cultural mecca for any budding artist whose streets and Kaffeehäuser are filled to the brim with intellectuals and writers writing off their Lost Generation woes, films filled with expressionist motifs, and art filled with abstract and deconstructive tones.
Source: The Roaring Twenties -
David gets confused with the other David Smith, Real Life Abstract Expressionist sculptor, and becomes quite irate with a waitress who mistakes him for the real-life David Smith, who also shares his name with her cousin.
Source: Comic Book / The Sculptor
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