Abstract Art in the Late Twentieth Century

Essays that trace the critical issues surrounding abstract painting's contribution to modern art.

Sommario

Introduction; 1. Four abstract Classicists Jules Langsner; 2. Literalism and abstraction: Frank Stella's retrospective at the Modern Philip Leider; 3. Serial imagery John Coplans; 4. The silent art Lucy R. Lippard; 5. After the ultimate Grégoire Müller; 6. Marden, Novros, Rothko: painting in the age of actuality Sheldon Nodelman; 7. The end of a painting Douglas Crimp; 8. Signs taken for wonders Hal Foster; 9. The current state of nonrepresentation Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe; 10. The abstract self-object Donald Kuspit; 11. Once removed from what? David Pagel; 12. Systems of opinion: abstract painting since 1959 Frances Colpitt.

Riassunto

The collection presents a coherent and optimistic picture of abstract painting, the definitive contribution of modern art. Includes seminal essays on abstract painting that trace the development of hard-edge painting, deductive and serial structure, monochrome abstraction, the psychological analogy, regionalism, and the 'death of painting' in post-modernism.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Frances Colpitt, Frances (University of Texas Health Scien Colpitt
• Con la collaborazione di: Frances Colpitt (Editore), Frances (University of Texas Health Science Center Colpitt (Editore), Donald Kuspit (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 24.01.2002
• EAN: 9780521004534
• ISBN: 978-0-521-00453-4
• Pagine: 236
• Serie: Contemporary Artists and their Critics; Contemporary Artists and Their
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Storia dell'arte