Uta Grosenick
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Series
Publisher
Taschen
Language
English
Description
This volume presents an introduction to abstract expressionism with approximately 30 photographs, plus a time line of the most important events (political, cultural, scientific, sporting, etc.) that took place during the time period. The body of the book contains a selection of the most important works of the epoch; each is presented on a 2-page spread with a full-page image and, on the facing page, a description/interpretation of the work, a reference...
Author
Series
Publisher
Taschen
Language
English
Description
With leading groups Die Brücke (The Bridge) and Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider), and key players such as Wassily Kandinsky, Egon Schiele, and Emil Nolde, the Expressionists disowned Impressionism, which they regarded as "man lowered to the position of a gramophone record of the outer world", to depict instead a raw and visceral experience of life as it was felt, rather than seen on the surface. Their paintings brim with emotive force, conveyed...
Publisher
Taschen
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Many of the century's greatest artistic talents grace the pages of this tome, each artist represented by six pages of illustrations and photographs covering the various phases of her life and work, including biographical portraits and text.
5) Cubism
Author
Series
Publisher
Taschen
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
This book presents the prime protagonists of Cubism, with work from artists including Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Fernand Leger, Juan Gris, Albert Gleizes, and Robert Delaunay.
6) Surrealism
Author
Publisher
Taschen
Pub. Date
c2015.
Language
English
Description
"Surrealism is a style in the visual arts and modern literature which appeared in Paris after the First World War. The Surrealists sought to eliminate logic along with the boundaries between the Normal and the Fantastical, in order to create a better world through free associative play, using the forces of the subconscious. Their pictures are characterized by a spatial, material, non-abstract manner of painting with an almost photographic sharpness...
7) Dadaism
Author
Series
Publisher
Taschen
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
A precursor to Surrealism, the Dada movement stressed the absurd and unpredictable, the illogical and chaotic, lashing out against traditional esthetics and upending artistic conventions. Emerging from the artistic and intellectual milieu of Zurich during World War I, it signaled a re-evaluation of art's cultural relevance in the shadow of industrialized war. Jean Arp, Tristan Tzara, Marcel Duchamp, and Man Ray were among the most famous proponents...
11) Abstract art
Author
Series
Publisher
Taschen
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A survey of abstract art and its influences on the 20th century art scene.
12) Pop art
Author
Series
Publisher
Taschen
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
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Description
"Peaking in the 1960s, Pop Art began as a revolt against mainstream approaches to art and culture and evolved into a wholesale interrogation of modern society, consumer culture, and the role of the artist and artwork. Focusing on issues of materialism, celebrity, and media, Pop Art drew on mass-market sources, from advertising imagery to comic books, from Hollywood's most famous faces to the packaging of consumer products, the latter epitomized by...