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ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM
"Art book
of the year." — The Guardian
"Highly recommended for high school and college libraries." — School Arts
ISBN 0-500-20243-5 · 169 illustrations |
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The
most important art movement since the Second World War, Abstract Expressionism
revolutionized the way Americans viewed art and culture alike. Drawing
on a vast array of scholarly research, David Anfam examines the politically
radical spirit of a nucleus of artists who transgressed the traditional
forms of American art and faced the tensions of a modernizing society.
The author places the movement within a broad cultural background,
while at the same time giving a close account of the visual art of
Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning and Mark Rothko, as well as the
photography of Aaron Siskind and the sculpture of David Smith.