American Art Since 1900: A Critical HistoryThe history of American art in the twentieth century is one of revolt, of conflict. It is the story of the American artist's attempt to free himself from European models yet at the same time join the mainstream of Western art. . . . Miss Rose traces the evolution of American art within the context of social, historical, and intellectual events. |
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... Pollock also was a myth in his own time . Throughout most of his life , Pollock struggled with the problem of figuration , as did de Kooning . In Pollock's celebrated " drip " paintings of 1947-50 , however , he used automatism as a ...
... Pollock also was a myth in his own time . Throughout most of his life , Pollock struggled with the problem of figuration , as did de Kooning . In Pollock's celebrated " drip " paintings of 1947-50 , however , he used automatism as a ...
Page 174
... Pollock's lay in wresting a transcendent order from primordial chaos . Before he had any direct contact with the Surrealists , Pollock had been involved with certain aspects of Surrealism , such as mythical themes of primeval genealogy ...
... Pollock's lay in wresting a transcendent order from primordial chaos . Before he had any direct contact with the Surrealists , Pollock had been involved with certain aspects of Surrealism , such as mythical themes of primeval genealogy ...
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... Pollock's first drip masterpieces . These works constitute a 6-26 . JACKSON POLLOCK , Number 27 , 1951 . 6-25 . JACKSON POLLOCK , Mural on Indian Red Ground , 1950 . 6-30 . ROBERT MOTHERWELL , Irish Elegy , 1965 . 175.
... Pollock's first drip masterpieces . These works constitute a 6-26 . JACKSON POLLOCK , Number 27 , 1951 . 6-25 . JACKSON POLLOCK , Mural on Indian Red Ground , 1950 . 6-30 . ROBERT MOTHERWELL , Irish Elegy , 1965 . 175.
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