Question #10 features an abstract art design: Abstract art does not attempt to represent external reality, but seeks to achieve its effect using shapes, forms, colors, and textures. By the end of the 19th century many artists felt a need to create a new kind of art which would encompass the fundamental changes taking place in technology, science and philosophy. The sources from which individual artists drew their theoretical arguments were diverse, and reflected the social and intellectual preoccupations in all areas of culture at that time.