Abstract and Representational

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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
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Representational is an antonym for abstract.
Nearby Words: abstracted, abstraction, abstractedly, abstractedness, abstractive

Representational

Representational adjective - (used especially of art) depicting objects, figures,or scenes as seen.
Usage example: representational art
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Abstract is an antonym for representational.
Nearby Words: representation, representative, representatively
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  • Socialist Realism Realistic. In terms of representation — none of the abstract modern art hated by your grandpa — anything not strictly representational was "decadent", "bourgeois", "formalist", etc.
    Source: Socialist Realism
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