The Silent and Looming — The Visual Schema and Metaphorical Construction of Contemporary Abstract Painting

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10.2991/assehr.k.200907.021How to use a DOI?

Keywords

metaphor, schema transfer, abstract painting, visual logic

Abstract

The language of abstract painting presents a relationship between silence and loom as well as different narrative methods of abstract painting artists. It corresponds and observes with the artist’s own inner world through visual means to achieve the agreement between the meaning and content of the visual form. The abstract works of different artists have a variety of presentation methods in terms of schematic features and work forms. This diversity characterizes the semantic features and linguistic meanings that appear in the visual schema, adding to the abstract metaphorical meaning. The abstract or hidden visual symbols, or the patterns composed of silent or high-profile visual elements in abstract paintings provide people with a way to understand the works. The visual schema formed by the visual elements in the abstract context is read and understood, presenting the changing qualities of artistic image language.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Zhijun Wang
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/09/07
TI  - The Silent and Looming — The Visual Schema and Metaphorical Construction of Contemporary Abstract Painting
BT  - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Art Studies: Science, Experience, Education (ICASSEE 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 115
EP  - 119
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200907.021
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200907.021
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