The Case for Abstraction

by The Art Assignment

Speaker: Sarah Urist Green

Additional resources:

Abstract art definition from the Tate

Abstract art resources from The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History

Smarthistory images for teaching and learning:

Malevich, Suprematist Composition: White on White

Malevich Wall with Beth

Malevich, Suprematist Painting

Malevich, Suprematist Elements: Squares

Malevich, Suprematist Composition: Airplane Flying

Malevich, Painterly Realism of a Boy with a Knapsack - Color Masses in the Fourth Dimension (detail)

Malevich, Painterly Realism of a Boy with a Knapsack - Color Masses in the Fourth Dimension (detail)

Malevich, Painterly Realism of a Boy with a Knapsack - Color Masses in the Fourth Dimension (detail)

Malevich, Painterly Realism of a Boy with a Knapsack - Color Masses in the Fourth Dimension

Malevich, Suprematist Composition: White on White

Malevich, Suprematist Composition: White on White

Malevich, Suprematist Composition: White on White

Malevich, Suprematist Composition: White on White

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Cite this page as: The Art Assignment, "The Case for Abstraction," in Smarthistory, August 2, 2017, accessed September 20, 2020, https://smarthistory.org/case-for-abstraction/.