| Description |
xv, 232 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Series |
Cambridge studies in American visual culture |
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Cambridge studies in American visual culture.
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| Contents |
Ch. 1. The Various Legacies and Diverse Lineages of Abstract Expressionism -- Ch. 2. Abstract Expressionism and Left-Wing Discourse -- Ch. 3. The FBI Files on the New York School -- Ch. 4. Mythmaking in the McCarthy Period -- Ch. 5. Automatism and the Age of Automation -- Ch. 6. The Abstract Expressionist Critique of Technologism -- App. A. Meyer Schapiro, "A Critique: Pevsner on Modernity" (1938) -- App. B. Meyer Schapiro, "An Antiwar Speech at Columbia" (May 18, 1972) -- App. C. Interviews with Meyer Schapiro and Lillian Milgram Schapiro (July 15, 1992-January 22, 1995) |
| Summary |
Abstract Expressionism as Cultural Critique examines the artistic aims of the New York School of painters within the context of left-wing political discussions during the 1940s and 1950s. By drawing on new primary material from government archives and contemporary art critics, including Meyer Schapiro and Marta Traba, David Craven addresses Abstract Expressionism as a response to the politics of the cold war. Outlining the artistic intentions of New York School painters and the reception of their work in Latin America, Craven shows how Abstract Expressionism emerged as an implicit criticism of important mainstream ideas in the United States during the McCarthy era |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-221) and index |
| Subject |
Abstract expressionism -- United States.
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Abstract impressionism -- United States.
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Artists -- Political activity -- United States.
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Dissident art -- United States.
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1953. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140466
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| LC no. |
98035100 |
| ISBN |
0521434157 (hb) |
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