Abstract Expressionism
Abstract Expressionism
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Author
Author
Barbara Hess / Барбара Хесс
Dimension
Dimension
215x265mm (8,5'x10,4')
ISBN
ISBN
9783836505178
Format
Format
Hardcover
Language
Language
English
Page Count
Page Count
96
Publisher
Publisher
Taschen
Year of book publication
Year of book publication
2016
Abstract Expressionism
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.
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Author:Barbara Hess - Барбара Хесс
Publisher:Taschen
Language:English
Publication Date:2016
Number of pages:96 pst
Format:Hardcover
Width:215 mm / 8,5'
Height:265 mm / 10,4'
Weight:540 g
Illustrations:Colored
ISBN:9783836505178