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Glossary Term: Abstract
In art, abstraction means that the artist changes the appearance so it no longer looks realistic. Artists use abstraction in many ways and for many different reasons. The artist may leave out details, shift the point of view, exagerate, simplify or otherwise distort the image.

Modigliani's "Portrait of a Young Man"
Modigliani changes the face to simple, exagerated shapes. 		Pablo Picasso's "Girl with Dark Hair"
Picasso’s abstract Cubist style shows more than one point of view.		 Non-objective abstract art
Abstract works of art that have no recognizable subject are called "non-objective."

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