Sentences with phrase «vague umbrella term»

The term «abstract art» - also called «non-objective art», «non-figurative», «non-representational», «geometric abstraction», or «concrete art» - is a rather vague umbrella term for any painting or sculpture which does not portray recognizable objects or scenes.

The phrase «figure painting» is an imprecise alternative to the equally vague umbrella term «figurative painting» which itself commonly refers to a type of representational art, based on figure drawing, in which the focus is on the realism of the human form without encroaching on the more «artificial» genre of portraiture.

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The truth is that when you see the word «flavor» on a food label, you have almost no clue what chemicals may have been added to the food under the umbrella of this vague term.