TY - BOOK AU - Sandler,Irving TI - Abstract expressionism and the American experience: a reevaluation T2 - Mission critical series SN - 9781555953119 AV - ND212.5.A25 S18 2009 U1 - 759'.0652 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Lenox [ Mass.], New York, Manchester, VT PB - Hard Press Editions, School of Visual Arts, In association with Hudson Hills Press, [Distributed in the United States by National Book Network] KW - Abstract expressionism KW - United States KW - Painting, American KW - 20th century N1 - 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 ER -