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semi-abstraction

  • a word derived from semi-abstract.
    semi-abstract
    adjective
    pertaining to or designating a style of painting or sculpture in which the subject remains recognizable although the forms are highly stylized in a manner derived from abstract art.

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The Lebrun, a fine example of his Expressionist work, is a muscular semi-abstraction in black, white and brownish-gray.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 28, 2023

Coppola tracks the rooster-in-the-henhouse dynamic with her usual sun-dappled semi-abstraction.

From The Guardian Jul. 10, 2017

The centrepiece of this show is a six-metre-long woodcut in which suggestions of skeletal spooks and masks are entangled within compositions reminiscent of the geometric semi-abstraction of early Miró or Kandinsky.

From The Guardian Jul. 23, 2010

One of the more prominent sideman posts for Mr. Cardenas has been with the drummer Paul Motian, a master of elasticity and semi-abstraction.

From New York Times Jun. 2, 2010

An air of semi-abstraction came over the lady.

From The Convert by Elizabeth Robins

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