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Abstract Expressionism - (Basic Art) by Barbara Hess (Hardcover)

Name: Abstract Expressionism - (Basic Art) by Barbara Hess (Hardcover)
Brand: Taschen
SKU: 82980362
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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.
Author(s): Barbara Hess
96 Pages
Art, History
Series Name: Basic Art

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Abstract expressionism refers to the non-representational use of form and color as a means of expression that emerged in America in the 1940s. These artists had striven to express pure emotion directly on canvas, via color and texture.

Book Synopsis

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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Dimensions (Overall): 10.5 Inches (H) x 8.5 Inches (W) x .56 Inches (D)

Weight: 1.38 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 96

Genre: Art

Sub-Genre: History

Series Title: Basic Art

Publisher: Taschen

Theme: Contemporary (1945-)

Format: Hardcover

Author: Barbara Hess

Language: English

Street Date: January 15, 2016

TCIN: 82980362

UPC: 9783836505178

Item Number (DPCI): 247-23-5321

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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