Sandler, Irving, 1925-

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.

ND212.5.A25 / S18 2009

759'.0652