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Abstraction : paths to abstraction, 1867-1917 / editor, Terence Maloon.

Format Book and Print
Publication InfoSydney : Art Gallery of New South Wales ; [New York, NY] : [Distribution, North America, Prestel Pub.], ©2010.
Description295 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Subject(s)
Other author/creatorLebensztejn, Jean-Claude.
Other author/creatorShiff, Richard.
Other author/creatorHoberg, Annegret.
Other author/creatorMaloon, Terence.
Other author/creatorArt Gallery of New South Wales.
Other title Paths to abstraction, 1867-1917
Contents Towards abstraction / Terence Maloon -- Passage: note on the ideology of early abstraction / Jean-Claude Lebensztejn -- Dream of abstraction / Richard Shiff. Kandinsky and Marc: their concept of the avant-garde / Annegret Hoberg -- Paths to abstraction 1867-1917. Whistler and his influence ; Monet and Cézanne: the power of the palette and the 'tache' ; Vuillard, Denis and the Nabis ; Primitivism and the woodcut ; The exaltation of colour ; Cubism ; 1912-17: the limits of abstraction / Terence Maloon.
Summary Surveying the art of 5 decades, from 1867 to 1917, this book follows the broad and diverse ways that artists and their public learnt to see and to judge works of art abstractly. It argues that abstraction arose directly from a tradition of speculation about the nature of art and of aesthetic experience.
General noteCatalogue of the exhibition Paths to Abstraction 1867-1917, held at the Art Gallery of new South Wales, Sydney, June 26-Sept. 19, 2010.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographic references and index.
LanguageTexts in English, with some contributions translated from French or German.
LCCN 2010533016
ISBN9781741740561 (softcover)
ISBN1741740568 (softcover)
ISBN3791350919 (hdbk.)
ISBN9783791350912 (hdbk.)

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Joyner General Stacks N6494.A2 A275 2010 ✔ Available Place Hold