Unit 1 Art艺 术晨读 · 记忆 Abstract Art Abstract art used to be controversial
On one hand, the artists stopped painting delicate figures but attempted to adopt special techniques to give people different visual impacts
On the other hand, their works, including sculptures carved out of marble or fragile clay, were all with a specific aim of showing feelings
Some conventional scholars who were allergic to abstract art said it was evidently ridiculous and neither art nor geometry
Their Traditional Art Committee predicted its soon disappearing
But nowadays, abstract art has become part of the permanent possessions of contemporary civilization
Galleries along the Madison Avenue give scores of superb exhibitions on typical abstract works, appealing to many who have a preference for abstract art