Answer. Persistent is the abstract noun.

noun. the act or fact of persisting. the quality of being persistent: You have persistence, I’ll say that for you. continued existence or occurrence: the persistence of smallpox. the continuance of an effect after its cause is removed.

The amount of complexity by which a system is viewed or programmed. The higher the level, the less detail. The lower the level, the more detail. The highest level of abstraction is the entire system. The next level would be a handful of components, and so on, while the lowest level could be millions of objects.

The opposite of abstract (adj) is concrete, but what are the opposites of other forms of the word abstract, such as: abstract (v) – E.g.: We can abstract away the implementation details. abstraction (n) – E.g.: I will provide an abstraction to simplify this.

The characteristics of Fauvism include:

• A radical use of unnatural colors that separated color from its usual representational and realistic role, giving new, emotional meaning to the colors.
• Creating a strong, unified work that appears flat on the canvas.

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The name les fauves (‘the wild beasts’) was coined by the critic Louis Vauxcelles when he saw the work of Henri Matisse and André Derain in an exhibition, the salon d’automne in Paris, in 1905.

Fauvism was an art movement from the 20th century which provided interesting developments in the use of color, brushwork and abstraction. It was founded by a small group of French artists which included Henri Matisse, André Derain, Georges Braque and Maurice de Vlaminck.

CHARACTERISTICS OF FAUVISM:

• Use of colour for its own sake, as a viable end in art.
• Rich surface texture, with awareness of the paint.
• Spontaneity – lines drawn on canvas, and suggested by texture of paint.
• Use of clashing (primary) colours, playing with values and intensities.

Fauvism, the first 20th-century movement in modern art, was initially inspired by the examples of Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, Georges Seurat, and Paul Cézanne. In these regards, Fauvism proved to be an important precursor to Cubism and Expressionism as well as a touchstone for future modes of abstraction.