# Abstraction

Abstraction is defined as the elimination of everything that is not essential. Using a variety of examples, this film shows how abstraction is used daily for utilitarian purposes and how it is used by artists

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 1968
- By: Films Incorporated
- Genres: Education, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/abstraction_201609)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Kids profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/ia/abstraction_201609?play=1)