The artist's reality : philosophies of art / Mark Rothko ; edited and with an introduction by Christopher Rothko.

Author/creator Rothko, Mark
Other author Rothko, Christopher.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew Haven : Yale University Press, ©2004.
Descriptionxxxi, 136 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction / by Christopher Rothko -- The artist's dilemma -- Art as a natural biological function -- Art as a form of action -- The integrity of the plastic process -- Art, reality, and sensuality -- Particularization and generalization -- Generalization since the Renaissance - Emotional and dramatic impressionism -- Objective impressionism -- Plasticity -- Space -- Beauty -- Naturalism -- Subject and subject matter -- The myth -- The attempted myth of today -- Primitive civilizations' influence on modern art -- Modern art -- Primitivism -- Indigenous art.
Local noteLittle-348373--305131056751.
General noteIncludes index.
LCCN 2004011574
ISBN0300102534 (cloth : alk. paper)