Abstract expressionism and the American experience : a reevaluation /
by Irving Sandler.
- Lenox [ Mass.] : New York : Manchester, VT : Hard Press Editions ; School of Visual Arts ; In association with Hudson Hills Press : [Distributed in the United States by National Book Network], c2009.
- 240 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
- Mission critical series .
Series from jacket.
Includes bibliographical references.
Preface -- Introduction -- Ch. 1. The avant-garde in the 1930s : mastering the School of Paris -- Ch. 2. World War II : mythmaking and biomorphism -- Ch. 3. Field painting : from the terrible sublime to the exalted sublime -- Ch. 4. Gesture painting : improvisation and authenticity -- Ch. 5. Abstract expressionism and the Cold War -- Ch. 6. Field painting and gesture painting and their critics -- Ch. 7. The recognition of abstract expressionism -- Appendix. Image copyright information.
9781555953119 1555953115
2009284537
Abstract expressionism--United States. Painting, American--20th century.