intuitive

(adjective)

Spontaneous, without requiring conscious thought; easily understood or grasped by instinct.

Related Terms

  • aesthetics

Examples of intuitive in the following topics:

  • Art Informel in Europe

    • The movement abandoned geometric abstraction in favor of a more intuitive form of expression, similar to Action Painting in the United States.
  • Romanticism

    • Romanticism was also inspired by the German Sturm und Drang movement (Storm and Stress), which prized intuition and emotion over Enlightenment rationalism.
  • European Postwar Expressionism

    • Art Informel, a movement closely related to Tachisme, rejected the geometric, hard-edge style of American abstraction in favor of a more intuitive form of expression.
  • Der Blaue Reiter

    • They believed in the promotion of modern art, the connection between visual art and music, the spiritual and symbolic associations of color, and a spontaneous, intuitive approach to painting.
  • What Makes Art Beautiful?

    • An aesthetic judgment cannot be an empirical judgment but must instead be processed on a more intuitive level.
  • Chance, Improvisation, and Spontaneity

    • The movement rejected logic and reason and instead prized irrationality, nonsense, and intuition.
  • Compositional Balance

    • Just as symmetry relates to aesthetic preference and reflects an intuitive sense for how things "should" appear, the overall balance of a given composition contributes to outside judgments of the work.
  • Dada and Surrealism

    • Surrealist works drew inspiration from intuition, the power of the unconscious mind and various psychological schools of thought.
  • German Expressionism

    • Der Blaue Reiter as a group believed in the promotion of modern art, the connection between visual art and music, the spiritual and symbolic associations of color, and a spontaneous, intuitive approach to painting.
  • Mendé Masks

    • The bird on top of the head represents a woman's intuition that lets her see and know things that others can't.
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