The Fate of a Gesture: Jackson Pollock and Postwar American Art

ISBN-13: 9780367307561 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 372 str.

Carter Ratcliff

Opis

Providing an intimate biography of Jackson Pollock, Carter Ratcliff follows the story of postwar American art from the late 1940s through the triumph of Abstract Expressionism and the explosion of Pop Art, all the way to the boom of the 1980s, which brought stardom to an array of young artists.

Spis treści

lLLUSTRATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART 1 THE AMERICAN INFINITE -- PART 2 THE ACTION PAINTER -- PART 3 FRAGMENTS OF THE ORDINARY -- PART 4 A DAZZLING CONTINUUM -- PART 5 GLAMOUR AND DEATH -- PART 6 THE QuEsT FOR PURITY -- PART 7 FROM DoLDRUMS TO BooM -- EPILOGUE -- NoTEs -- ILLUSTRATION CREDITS -- INDEX.