Abstract Art by Dietmar Elger (English) Hardcover Book

Description: Abstract Art by Dietmar Elger The 20th century saw art go abstract. Where once clear certainties and indisputable forms prevailed, now anarchy seemed to reign supreme. Sensibilities diffused into strange new shapes, colors assumed new significance, lines abandoned literal meaning. Dive in and discover some of the most dynamic and progressive art of modernity. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher 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 housepainters 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 Tàpies, K. O. Götz, Ad Reinhardt, and Sophie Taeuber-Arp. Notes Explores the diverse ways of abstract artists from the early 20th century, through to the 1960s. Author Biography Dietmar Elger studied art history, history, and literature at the University of Hamburg. In 1984/85, he was secretary of Gerhard Richters studio and between 1989 and 2006 curator for painting and sculpture at the Sprengel Museum, Hanover. He has organized numerous exhibitions on modern and contemporary art and has directed the Gerhard Richter Archive at the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden since 2006. For TASCHEN he has authored the volumes Expressionism, Dadaism, and Abstract Art. Details ISBN3836546787 Short Title ABSTRACT ART Language English ISBN-10 3836546787 ISBN-13 9783836546782 Media Book Format Hardcover Pages 96 Imprint Taschen GmbH Place of Publication Cologne Country of Publication Germany DEWEY 709.04052 Author Dietmar Elger Publisher Taschen GmbH Series Basic Art Audience General UK Release Date 2017-02-02 Year 2017 Publication Date 2017-02-02 AU Release Date 2017-04-01 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:132739237;

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