(of a style of art) not intended to present an accurate depiction of the physical appearance of people or things.
a completely non-representational abstract painting
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Art, especially non-representational art, is confusing to plenty of people.
Kandinsky's ideas for non-representational art emanate from several different sources.
They shared an emphasis on the non-representational physicality of the painting and emotional engagement with the viewers.
At this time he was one of the leading British abstract artists, but by the end of the decade he had become disillusioned with non-representational art and reverted to naturalism.
The perspicacious observer may have noticed that most of my hobbyist ventures into the graphic arts are abstract or non-representational.
Blegvad even shifts into a non-representational style to draw impressions of sounds for a strip where Levi is awakening to the sounds of his neighborhood.
His desires for inner expression led to the development of non-representational art, or art without a given subject.
For the moment, I can take comfort in the fact that music is a non-representational art form.
Unlike the Fauve colors, the non-representational colors of Pop Art do not depict the artist's inner sensation of the world.