abstract

• n. 抽象; 抽象概念
• adj. 抽象的な；難解な
• vt.要約する；抽出する；......を抽象化する；（注意?関心などを）そらす；注意散漫にする
• vi. 要約する；あらすじを書く

ab-変種の接頭辞abs-、離れる。語源のtract「引っ張る」については、ATTRACT「引きつける」を参照。

abstract (adj.)

late 14c., originally in grammar (of nouns), from Latin abstractus "drawn away," past participle of abstrahere "to drag away, detach, pull away, divert;" also figuratively, from ab(s)- "away" (see ab-) + trahere "draw" (see tract (n.1)).

Meaning "withdrawn or separated from material objects or practical matters" is from mid-15c. That of "difficult to understand, abstruse" is from c. 1400. Specifically in reference to modern art, it dates from 1914; abstract expressionism as an American-based uninhibited approach to art exemplified by Jackson Pollock is from 1952, but the term itself had been used in the 1920s of Kandinsky and others.

Oswald Herzog, in an article on "Der Abstrakte Expressionismus" (Sturm, heft 50, 1919) gives us a statement which with equal felicity may be applied to the artistic attitude of the Dadaists. "Abstract Expressionism is perfect Expressionism," he writes. "It is pure creation. It casts spiritual processes into a corporeal mould. It does not borrow objects from the real world; it creates its own objects .... The abstract reveals the will of the artist; it becomes expression. ..." [William A. Drake, "The Life and Deeds of Dada," 1922]

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Then, that art we have called "abstract" for want of any possible descriptive term, with which we have been patient, and, even, appreciative, getting high stimulation by the new Guggenheim "non-objective" Art Museum, is reflected in our examples of "surrealism," "dadaism," and what-not, to assert our acquaintance in every art, fine or other. [Report of the Art Reference Department of Pratt Institute Free Library for year ending June 30, 1937]

abstract (n.)

"abridgement or summary of a document," mid-15c., from abstract (adj.). The general sense of "a smaller quantity containing the virtue or power of a greater" [Johnson] is recorded from 1560s.

abstract (v.)

1540s, from Latin abstractus or else from the adjective abstract. Related: Abstracted; abstracting, abstractedly.

1. His painting went through both representational and abstract periods.

彼の絵画は具象的なスタイルと抽象的なスタイルの2つの段階を経験した。

2.Money was a commodity she never thought about except in the abstract .

お金は彼女にとって抽象的なもので、彼女はお金を考えたことがない。

3.In the exhibition， abstract paintings are juxtaposed with shocking photographs.

展覧会に抽象画がショッキングな写真と並んで展示されている。

4.I like dogs in the abstract ，but I can 't bear this one.

一般的に私は犬が好きですが、私はこの1匹を容認することはできません。

5.He is an abstract painter.

抽象派の画家である。