Abstract art has its roots in early human civilisation ... This paved the way for Cubist artists to develop a style which attempted to show a different kind of reality, where it was possible ...

From Cubism, collage moved to other art styles ... who used collage to manipulate chance and the metaphysical nature of abstract art. Arp cut or tore out shapes from colored paper and threw ...

Abstract art does not attempt to imitate life as it ... Early influences included Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, and Cubism, which had already begun to deconstruct traditional representations.