Raymond Jonson and the Spiritual in Modernist and Abstract Painting

This is the most thorough and detailed monograph on the artwork of Raymond Jonson.

Table des matières

Contents
Acknowledgments
List of Illustrations
Introduction: Raymond Jonson and Twentieth Century American Art: Reconsidering the Canonical in American Art History and the Spiritual in American Modernist Painting
Chapter One: "Art Is as Broad as Space": Jonson’s Early Years in the West and Chicago
Chapter Two: "The Land of Sunshine and Color and Tragedy": New Mexico and Jonson’s Landscape Paintings and Compositions
Chapter Three: "These Are the Second Attack on the Abstract": the Thematic, Conceptual Series Paintings of 1929-1936
Chapter Four: "A More Intense Participation in the Life of the Spirit": Jonson’s First Totally Abstract Paintings, His Theories of Art and the Transcendental Painting Group
Chapter Five: "Fast Arriving and Spontaneous Combustions of Color–space–line and Design": Absolute Painting, 1938-1950
Chapter Six: "Causing the Surface to Come to Life": Jonson’s Late Career, 1950-1978
References
Index

A propos de l'auteur

Herbert R. Hartel, Jr.

Résumé

This is the most thorough and detailed monograph on the artwork of Raymond Jonson.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Herbert R. Hartel, Jr. Hartel, Herbert R. Hartel Jr.
• Edition: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 30.06.2022
• EAN: 9781032339238
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3233923-8
• Pages: 236
• Thème: Routledge Research in Art History
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Art; RELIGION / Spirituality, ART / History / General, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, ART / History / Contemporary (1945-), ART / Individual Artists / Monographs, ART / Subjects & Themes / Landscapes & Seascapes, ART / American / General, ART / Techniques / Painting, History of Art, Modernism, Painting & paintings, Abstract Expressionism, Individual artists, art monographs, Art & design styles: Modernist design & Bauhaus, Paintings and painting, Art & Design Styles: Abstract Expressionism, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General