单词 | abstract-concrete |
释义 | abstract-concreteadj. 1. Of or relating to both the abstract and the concrete; having both abstract and concrete characteristics. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > [adjective] > concrete > concerned with concrete and abstract concepts abstract-concrete1864 1864 H. Spencer Classif. Sci. 8 That the momentum of a body causes it to move in a straight line at a uniform velocity, is an abstract-concrete truth—a truth abstracted from certain experiences of concrete phenomena. 1874 J. Fiske Outl. Cosmic Philos. I. i. viii. 215 Molar physics, molecular physics, and chemistry, dealing with abstract laws of motion and force that are gained from experience of concrete phenomena, and appealing at every step to the concrete processes of observation and experiment, may be distinguished as abstract-concrete sciences. 1900 Mind 9 496 A concrete science like Biology as opposed to an abstract-concrete science like Biological Chemistry. 1993 Jrnl. Managem. Information Syst. 9 185 Two personality measures, tolerance of ambiguity and preference for abstract/concrete thinking. 2. Fine Art. Designating a form of abstract art which uses only colour and geometric shapes. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > period, movement, or school of art > late 19th and 20th centuries > [adjective] > others all'antica1605 neo-Gothic1878 Barbizon1890 chinoiserie1909 neoprimitive1922 omega1922 Suprematist1922 beaux arts1924 ashcan1934 vitalistic1937 Euston Road1941 precisionist1943 abstract impressionist1950 abstract-concrete1955 neo-expressionist1957 metaphysical1958 structurist1958 auto-destructive1959 Rayonist1968 post-minimal1971 assemblagist1977 Neo-Geo1987 1955 Burlington Mag. June 180/1 Others..came to rest in abstraction, or better in the formula—a very felicitous one—which it is now customary to describe in Italy as ‘abstract-concrete’. 1962 Art Internat. Feb. 80/2 Denise Rene: abstract-concrete art. 1985 R. Breer in S. MacDonald Crit. Cinema 2 18 I went to Paris in 1949. I started abstract concrete painting in 1950, about six months after I arrived. 1999 P. Curtis Sculpture 1900–1945 iv. 134 Abstract-Concrete Art was only really integrated into the French art establishment with the post-war promotion..of the ‘Salon des Réalités Nouvelles’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1864 |
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