The phrase "abstract theme" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a concept or idea that is not concrete or tangible, often found in discussions of literature, art, or philosophy.
Example: "The abstract theme of love and loss permeates the entire novel, inviting readers to reflect on their own experiences."
Alternatives: "conceptual theme" or "theoretical theme".
Indeed, even the convention's slightly abstract theme -- "Renewing America's Purpose.
Water was the ideal abstract theme for Hockney because it was so humanly alluring to the partially clothed body.
Pictures from Ms. Harper's "Flug" ("Flight") series can seem like so many variations on a blurry, brooding abstract theme.
One spectacular sequence was devoted entirely to images of the moon in the night sky: variations on a nearly abstract theme.
I've never seen being "universal" as a task, any more than I've ever really pursued any abstract theme.
For a moment, the desire to write a poem about some abstract theme is moved aside, and the results often surprise and delight the students.
These two streams in her education – artistic and anatomical – enabled her to ground in observed reality her more abstract themes: identity, desire, memory, power and resistance.
"Ann's amazing charisma and character are great mechanisms for a filmmaker to examine some of the more abstract themes about women in political life," said Adam J. Fowler, the film's director.
Other artists, working in everything from spray paint to mosaic, chose abstract themes, nature scenes, and portraits of local luminaries, including a 38-foot-high painting of the Indiana native Kurt Vonnegut by the local muralist Pamela Bliss.
This native drama had been able to assimilate French popular farce, clerically inspired morality plays on abstract themes, and interludes or short entertainments that made use of the "turns" of individual clowns and actors.
Although the Mazda 2's look was established years ago, it anticipates some of the abstract themes at the center of a new design language called Kodo that Mr. Maeda introduced last fall with the unveiling of the Shinari concept car.
