Elger Dietmar - Abstract Art - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: Abstraction shook Western art to its core. In the early part of the 20th century it refuted the reign of clear indisputable forms and confronted audiences instead with vivid visual poems devoid of conventional representational imagery and characterized by allegories of emotion and sensation. This radical artistic adventure established new artistic means as much as narratives. Expression became characterized by shocking juxtapositions of color light and line. Artists abandoned the conventions of brush and easel and played with new materials and methods of artistic gesture: commercial paints and housepainter's brushes working on unstretched and unprimed canvases moving the canvas to the floor and applying paint with hands. This essential introduction spans the international breadth conceptual depth and seismic impact of abstract art with a thorough survey not only of the big names such as Picasso Klee Kline Rothko and Pollock but also lesser - known figures who made equally significant contributions including Antoni T pies K. O. G tz Ad Reinhardt and Sophie Taeuber - Arp.
Title: Abstract Art
Author(s): Elger Dietmar
Publisher: Taschen Gmbh
Barcode: 9783836546782
Pages: 96 Pages
Publication Date: 2/2/2017
Series: Basic Art
Category: Individual Artists, Art Monographs