1st Edition

American Artists On Art From 1940 To 1980

By Ellen H. Johnson Copyright 1982
292 Pages
by Routledge

290 Pages
by Routledge

292 Pages
by Routledge

From the Preface:The fact that so much of modern art has devoted itself to the exploration and assertion of its own identity is reflected in, but does not explain, the increasing amount of writing and talking on the part of contemporary artists. Rather, the whole history of the changing role of art and artists in a democratic, industrial, and technological society stands behind the spate of... Read more
* Abstract Expressionism  * Other Art of the Forties and Fifties  * Color Field Painting  * Happenings and Other PrePop Art  * Pop Art  * Minimal Art  * Systemic and Conceptual Art  * Photo-Realist Painting and Super-Realist Sculpture  * Earth and Process Art  * Site and Architectural Sculpture  * Performance Art, Film, and Video  * Decorative, Narrative, and Popular Image Painting and Installation

Biography

Ellen H Johnson