#modern art

• Abstractionist — A visual artist (painter, sculptor) who creates in the spirit of abstractionism, abandoning figurative elements in favor of pure forms; (as an adjective) belonging to abstractionism, relating to the creations, techniques, or manifestations specific to non-figurative art.
• Female abstractionist — A female visual artist (painter, sculptor) whose work falls within the parameters of non-figurative art, eliminating the representation of the visible world; (as an adjective) feminine form for manifestations, techniques, schools, or aesthetic trends that promote the exclusive use of pure shapes, lines, and colors.
• Antonioni — A surname of Italian origin, formed as an augmentative and complex patronymic derivative from the given name Antonio. In the history of world culture and modern cinematography, this name is structurally and indissolubly linked to the director and screenwriter Michelangelo Antonioni, being used in the Romanian language as an invariable proper noun within aesthetics studies, art monographs, and film criticism texts.
• Avant-gardism — A generic term designating the totality of radical artistic, literary, and social movements of the late 19th and early 20th centuries (such as Dadaism, Surrealism, Futurism, Constructivism). Avangardism is characterized by an anti-academic spirit of revolt, the absolute negation of tradition, the use of eccentric formal experimentation, and the desire to fuse art with everyday life through often provocative acts.
• Avant-gardist — An artist, writer, theorist, or activist who belongs to the avant-garde or who supports and applies its radical, experimental, and nonconformist principles. As an adjective, the term describes an artwork, idea, technique, or attitude that breaks traditional boundaries, characterized by absolute novelty, formal boldness, a rebellious spirit, and the refusal of classic academic norms.
• Female avant-gardist — The feminine form of avangardist; a woman (writer, painter, director) who belongs to the avant-garde movements or who creates using experimental, unconventional techniques. As an adjective, it coordinates with feminine nouns, describing an innovative artwork, magazine, theory, or play deeply rooted in the spirit of anti-academic revolt.