Robert Motherwell, Abstraction, and Philosophy (Hardcover)

Employing an interdisciplinary approach, this book breaks new ground by considering how Robert Motherwell's abstract expressionist art is indebted to Alfred North Whitehead's highly original process metaphysics. Motherwell first encountered Whitehead and his work as a philosophy graduate student at Harvard University, and he continued to espouse Whitehead's processist theories as germane to his art throughout his life. This book examines how Whitehead's process philosophy-inspired by quantum theory and focusing on the ongoing ingenuity of dynamic forces of energy rather than traditional views of inert substances-set the stage for Motherwell's future art. This book will be of interest to scholars in twentieth-century modern art, philosophy of art and aesthetics, and art history.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Focus on Art History and Visual Studies
Release date:	July 2020
First published:	2020
Authors:	Robert Hobbs
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	114
ISBN-13:	978-0-367-21044-1
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > The arts: general issues > Theory of art Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Painting & paintings > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Metaphysics & ontology Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Aesthetics Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > From 1900 > Art styles, First World War to 1960 > Abstract Expressionism Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Art treatments & subjects > Individual artists > General Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Aesthetics Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Metaphysics & ontology Promotions
LSN:	0-367-21044-4
Barcode:	9780367210441

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