Hertel found while the LSD art was neither superior nor inferior to the artists ' other work, it was brighter, more abstract and non-representational, and tended to fill the entire canvas.

Even so, development of Hägerstrand's work has continued to form part of the basis for non-representational theory, and a reappraisal of time geography from the likes of Alan Latham means that he remains an influential thinker today.

Limited possibilities have been explored by artists as an outlet to artistic expression, and has been cultivated to become a positive style and tradition, emphasizing the decorative function of art, or its religious functions via non-representational forms such as Geometric patterns, floral patterns, and arabesques.

However, " abstract " is sometimes used as a synonym for non-representational art and non-objective art, i. e. art which has no derivation from figures or objects.

Most recently he has written on what he terms ' non-representational theory ', which stresses performative and embodied knowledges and is a radical attempt to wrench the social sciences and humanities out of an emphasis on representation and interpretation by moving away from contemplative models of thought and action to those based on practice.

Thrift has claimed that non-representational theory addresses the ' unprocessual ' nature of much of social and cultural theory ( this is meaningless folks !).

The formal elements, those aesthetic effects created by design, upon which figurative art is dependent, include line, shape, color, light and dark, mass, volume, texture, and perspective, although it should be pointed out that these elements of design could also play a role in creating other types of imagery -- for instance abstract, or non-representational or non-objective two-dimensional artwork.

At times in this period Home's film making also became radically non-representational, and rarely required any original cinematography whatsoever ; for example his 2002 fiftieth anniversary English language colour re-make of " Screams In Favour of De Sade ", and 2004 " Eclipse & Re-Emergence of the Oedipus Complex ", the latter consists solely of still photographs of his mother with a narration scripted by Home but delivered by Australian actress Alice Parkinson.

Occasionally videos were made in a non-representational form, in which the musical artist was not shown.

Other notable later examples of the non-representational style include Bill Konersman's innovative 1987 video for Prince's " Sign o ' the Times " – influenced by Dylan's " Subterranean Homesick Blues " clip, it featured only the text of the song's lyrics — the video for George Michael's " Freedom 90 " ( 1990 ), in which Michael himself refused to appear, forcing director David Fincher to substitute top fashion models in his place.

In fact, it was around 1958-59 that Baj and Rotella abandoned their previous careers – which might be generically defined as a non-representational genre despite being run through with post-Dadaism – to catapult themselves into a new world of images and the reflections on them which was springing up all around them.

When Egypt came under Arab rule in the seventh century, indigenous arts of intarsia and wood inlay, which lent themselves to non-representational decors and tiling patterns, spread throughout the maghreb.

* The other, which came out in 1980, was non-representational, not featuring any of the band.

Absolute music ( sometimes abstract music ) is music that is not explicitly " about " anything ; in contrast to program music, it is non-representational.

Geometric abstraction is a form of abstract art based on the use of geometric forms sometimes, though not always, placed in non-illusionistic space and combined into non-objective ( non-representational ) compositions.

The essay argues that this new form of non-representational democracy is a crucial ingredient in finding the solutions to current global challenges ; as well as a new and progressive ethos representing the highest aspirations of the new generations.

This tendency effected the narrowing field of artistic possibility to such forms of art as Arabesque, mosaic, Islamic calligraphy, and Islamic architecture, as well as any form of abstraction that can claim the status of non-representational art.

* Nigel Thrift ( born 1949 ), developer of non-representational theory.

In the 20th century, the Netherlands produced many fine painters and artists, including Piet Mondriaan, a noted contributor to the De Stijl art movement, who was also among the vanguard of non-representational painting.

They paved the way for the early 20th century development of abstract and non-representational art.

The cave paintings by the seafaring Ngaro people on Hook Island, Australia, are remarkable for their non-figurative, non-representational, or abstract content.

Unlike several of his avant-garde contemporaries, Beckmann rejected non-representational painting ; instead, he took up and advanced the tradition of figurative painting.

In 1907 the sole remaining British North American colony, Newfoundland, was granted Dominion status, although starting in 1934 it was administered by the non-representational Commission of Government, a body chaired by British officials.

Others reject the view that the image experience may be identical with ( or directly caused by ) any such representation in the mind or the brain, but do not take account of the non-representational forms of imagery.

The term Orphism most obviously embraced paintings by František Kupka, Robert Delaunay and Sonia Delaunay, if limited to implications imposed by color, light, and the expression of non-representational compositions.

The same year Gleizes was part of the committee of Abstraction-Création ( founded by Theo van Doesburg, Auguste Herbin, Jean Hélion and Georges Vantongerloo ) that acted as a forum for international non-representational art, and counteracted the influence of the Surrealist group led by André Breton.

The German Expressionists moved towards primitive art as a model of abstraction ( or non-representational, non-academic, non-bourgeois art.

Artists might work in both styles at different times or even mix the styles, creating an intellectually Romantic work using a Neoclassical visual style, for example.

As a film it retains De Palma's considerable visual flair, but points more toward his work in mainstream entertainments such as The Untouchables and Mission: Impossible, the thematic complex thrillers for which he is now better known.

Oxford University Press's art history text Australian Painting 1788 – 2000 concludes with a long discussion of graffiti's key place within contemporary visual culture, including the work of several Australian practitioners.

Combining visual communication skills with the interactive communication skills of user interaction and online branding, graphic designers often work with software developers and web developers to create both the look and feel of a web site or software application and enhance the interactive experience of the user or web site visitor.

It usually refers to printed manga, but can also refer to any type of visual work depicting copyrighted characters, including video games, animation, and CG artwork.

The performing arts differ from the plastic arts or visual arts, insofar as the former uses the artist's own body, face and presence as a medium ; the latter uses materials such as clay, metal or paint, which can be molded or transformed to create a work of art.

Schwitters ' visual work has now been completely catalogued in the Catalogue Raisonné.

For example, Phil South inserted single, completely white frames into his work No Licence to enhance the visual impact of explosions.

Although Escher did not have mathematical training — his understanding of mathematics was largely visual and intuitive — Escher's work had a strong mathematical component, and more than a few of the worlds which he drew are built around impossible objects such as the Necker cube and the Penrose triangle.

Minimalism describes movements in various forms of art and design, especially visual art and music, where the work is set out to expose the essence or identity of a subject through eliminating all non-essential forms, features or concepts.

With the advent of printing, poets gained greater control over the mass-produced visual presentations of their work.

Jamie Reid's " anarchy flag " poster and his other design work for the Sex Pistols helped establish a distinctive punk visual aesthetic.

This concept applies dominantly to the visual arts, referring to the work of Michelangelo, Raphael, and Leonardo da Vinci.

Paolo Uccello ( 1397 – 10 December 1475 ), born Paolo di Dono, was an Italian painter and a mathematician who was notable for his pioneering work on visual perspective in art.

A typical punk scene is made up of punk and hardcore bands ; fans who attend concerts, protests, and other events ; zine publishers, band reviewers, and writers ; visual artists who create illustrations for zines, posters, and album covers ; people who organise concerts, and people who work at music venues or independent record labels.

Paul Kay, co-author of the seminal work about color naming, ultimately reached the conclusion that " Whorf hypothesis is supported in the right visual field but not the left ".

In recent years, however, there has been a surge in research on visual short-term memory, and also increasing work on spatial short-term memory.

* Cultural and literary semiotics examines the literary world, the visual media, the mass media, and advertising in the work of writers such as Roland Barthes, Marcel Danesi, and Juri Lotman.

* Theme ( arts ), the unifying subject or idea of the type of visual work

Three-part works that are considered components of a larger work also exist in visual arts and music, such as the triptych or the three-movement sonata, but they are not commonly referred to with the term " trilogy.

Fields covered include business, finance, hospitality, tourism, construction, engineering, visual arts, information technology and community work.

Wright, who had worked with The Chemical Brothers in the past as a member of the visual company Vegetable Vision, stated that he was " very excited to finally ... work with a more modern beat.

Much work has been carried out on this region as it appears to integrate local visual motion signals into the global motion of complex objects.