一個藝術作品所呈現的視覺形式未參考其他外在事物，與之相對的藝術類型，其描繪主題則為自然界或現實世界中存在的物件。若指當代藝術中一種顯現出這類特徵的特定風格，則稱之為「非具象藝術」。

抽象藝術(藝術類型)　(P,,U,繁體中文-偏好,D,,)
ch'ou hsiang i shu (P,,U,韋氏拼音-偏好,UF,U,U)
chōu xiàng yì shù (P,,U,漢語拼音-偏好,UF,U,U)
chou xiang yi shu (P,,U,漢語拼音(無聲調)-偏好,UF,U,U)
nonrepresentational art(P,,U,英文-偏好,D,U,N)
non-figurative(art)　(,U,英文-非偏好,UF,U,N)
nonfigurative art(,U,英文-非偏好,UF,U,N)
non-figurative art(,U,英文-非偏好,UF,U,N)
nonrepresentational(art)　(,U,英文-非偏好,UF,U,N)
non-representational(art)　(,U,英文-非偏好,UF,U,N)
non-representational art(,U,英文-非偏好,UF,U,N)
non-figuratieve kunst(P,,U,荷蘭語-偏好,D,U,U)
arte no figurativo(P,,U,西班牙語-偏好,D,U,U)
arte no figurativo -no objetivo(,U,西班牙語-非偏好,AD,U,U)

藝術與建築詞典根目錄
....關聯概念層面
........關聯概念
............<藝術概念>
................<藝術類型 (藝術概念)>
....................藝術類型 (造型內容分類)
........................抽象藝術 (藝術類型)

related style/period/culture is....	抽象藝術(美術風格)
distinguished from....	非具象
distinguished from....	自然主義

英文....	Art that presents a visual form with no specific reference to anything outside itself, in contrast to art that depicts subjects found in nature or elsewhere in the real world. To refer to the particular style of contemporary art displaying some of these characteristics, use "Nonobjective."
荷蘭語....	Kunst met een visuele vorm die slechts naar zichzelf verwijst, niet naar iets specifieks daarbuiten. Gebruik 'Non-objective' om te verwijzen naar de specifieke stijl van hedendaagse kunst.
西班牙語....	Arte que presenta una forma visual sin referencia específica a cualquier cosa fuera de si mismo. En referencia al arte del siglo XX, use "No Objetivo".

抽象藝術(藝術類型)............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	AAT-Taiwan 借詞編輯與使用原則 (2013)
nonrepresentational art............	[VP]
.................	Preble and Preble, Artforms (1989) 39
non-figurative(art)............	[VP]
.................	Oxford Companion to 20th-Century Art (1981) 411
nonfigurative art............	[VP]
.................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules
non-figurative art............	[VP]
.................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules
nonrepresentational(art)............	[VP]
.................	Mayer, Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques (1969) 263
non-representational(art)............	[VP]
.................	Janson, History of Art (1986) 672
non-representational art............	[VP]
.................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules
non-figuratieve kunst............	[Bureau AAT]
.................	AAT-Ned (1994-)
arte no figurativo............	[CDBP-DIBAM]
.................	TAA database (2000-)
arte no figurativo -no objetivo............	[CDBP-DIBAM]
.................	Lucie-Smith, Diccionario de Términos de Arte (1997) 138
Subject:............	[Bureau AAT]
.................	Arnason, History of Modern Art (1977) 226; Non-representational works
.................	Van Dale groot woordenboek (1994)

Getty AAT: 300134134 Getty AAT: http://www.getty.edu/vow/AATFullDisplay?find=costume&logic=AND¬e=&subjectid=300134134
聯合目錄： 抽象藝術 、ch'ou hsiang i shu 、chōu xiàng yì shù 、chou xiang yi shu 、nonrepresentational art 、non-figurative 、nonfigurative art 、non-figurative art 、nonrepresentational 、non-representational 、non-representational art 、non-figuratieve kunst 、arte no figurativo 、arte no figurativo -no objetivo