The phrase "abstract phase" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to theoretical discussions, project development stages, or artistic processes where a conceptual or non-literal interpretation is involved.
Example: "During the abstract phase of the project, we focused on brainstorming ideas without worrying about practical implementation."
Alternatives: "conceptual stage" or "theoretical phase".
Here the show leaves the artist on the threshold of his most radically abstract phase.
Either way, it also expands that canon with the work of overlooked women, among them Jo Baer, Ree Morton and Adrian Piper in her abstract phase.
The gleaming surface of "Black T" done on wood in tar, oil and pumice stone signals the beginning of the end of Burri's strictly abstract phase.
GRAEME MURPHY'S "Ellipse," a plotless ballet that his Sydney Dance Company brings to the Joyce Theater in Manhattan for a six-day run beginning on Tuesday, exemplifies the "abstract" phase in his creative cycle.
Bridging the transition from Miró's figural Surrealism to the abstract phase of his Surrealist compositions, the Miró has a jocular pseudo-childlike touch that greatly appeals to buyers of 20th-century art these days.
Two phases can be discerned in Jugendstil: an early one, before 1900, that is mainly floral in character, rooted in English Art Nouveau and Japanese applied arts and prints; and a later, more abstract phase, growing out of the Viennese work of the Belgian-born architect and designer Henry van de Velde.
Another important study which has only been presented in abstract form, is a Phase III trial from Germany which randomized patients receiving 50.4 Gy of radiation to concurrent infusional 5-FU or capecitabine at 825 mg/m twice daily.
The results of this trial of compassionate use ipilimumab at MSKCC are largely consistent with the results presented in abstract form for several other phase 2 trials of similar doses/schedules of ipilimumab.
Abstract Assessment Phase: Two reviewers (MA/TQ) assessed the abstracts for relevance against the review aims.
We retrieved and reviewed the full text of all titles included during the abstract review phase.
As with the title and abstract screening phase, we will first complete a calibration exercise for data extraction.
