Abstraction in Art
Abstraction means leaving out the details you don't need, shown through examples from art, math, language and the animal kingdom.
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At a high level, abstraction is the process of removing all things that are unnecessary while still keeping enough details to accomplish the task at hand.
Abstraction is often used in art to depict something without including many (or even most) of the details. And yet we still know what is being depicted.
Abstraction in Math
In math, we use abstraction to find patterns and to create formulas that help us to solve similar problems over and over. We do this by focusing on the problem or pattern instead of working with specific numbers.
Abstraction in Language
In linguistics, we abstract the rules of a language to understand the grammar, syntax, and meaning without focusing on specific sentences or words. For example, subjects, verbs, and adjectives.
Abstraction in the Animal Kingdom
Animals are classified into 6 major groups, but even these groups are abstract classifications to which many sub-types of animals belong.
