|
Showing 1 - 3 of
3 matches in All Departments
Hailed as the first American-born art movement to have a worldwide
influence, Abstract Expressionism denotes the non-representational
use of paint as a means of personal expression. It emerged in
America in the 1940s, with lead protagonists including Jackson
Pollock, Philip Guston, Robert Motherwell, Mark Rothko, and Willem
de Kooning. Abstract Expressionism spawned many different stylistic
tendencies but two particularly prominent sub-categories: action
painting, exemplified by de Kooning and Pollock, and color field
painting, made most famous by Rothko. Throughout, Abstract
Expressionists strove to convey emotions and ideas through the
making of marks, through forms, textures, shades, and the
particular quality of brushstrokes. The movement favored
large-scale canvases, and embraced the role of accident or chance.
With featured works from 20 key Abstract Expressionist artists,
this book introduces the movement which shifted the center of art
gravity from Paris to New York and remains for many the golden
moment of American art. About the series Born back in 1985, the
Basic Art Series has evolved into the best-selling art book
collection ever published. Each book in TASCHEN's Basic Art History
series features: approximately 100 color illustrations with
explanatory captions a detailed, illustrated introduction a
selection of the most important works of the epoch, each presented
on a two-page spread with a full-page image and accompanying
interpretation, as well as a portrait and brief biography of the
artist
ON THE CONTEMPLATION OF NATURE One of his generation’s most
popular artists, German Romantic painter Caspar David Friedrich is
known for his allegorical landscapes that convey a deep sense of
contemplation and melancholy. 2024 marks the 250th anniversary of
the birth of this outstanding artist, whose paintings continue to
gain in topicality - hardly a discussion on climate change without
one of his iconic paintings, such as The Sea of Ice, being invoked
as a silent witness. Barbara Hess examines the painter’s work and
his life, from its lasting poignancy to the great themes of
Romanticism and drawing. In the playful format of an A–Z book,
the author takes us on a timely journey, showing how new views and
perspectives can be gained from what has long been thought
familiar.
The book offers representative excerpts from the manuscript
reviewed by the artist in the early 1990s. Stylistically aware and
(self-)critical, the author comments on the cultural and social
climate in postwar Germany. He offers new insights into the German
art scene of the postwar period and its European network, the
relations between the SPUR group and the Situationist International
around Guy Debord - provocations and scandals included.
|
You may like...
Barbie
Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, …
DVD
R194
Discovery Miles 1 940
|