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Paths to the absolute : Mondrian, Malevich, Kandinsky, Pollock, Newman, Rothko and Still / John Golding.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: The A.W. Mellon lectures in the fine arts ; 48 | Bollingen series ; XXXVPublisher: London : Thames & Hudson, 2000Description: 240 pages : chiefly colour illustrations ; 27 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780500283592
  • 9780500283592
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Partial contents:
Mondrian and the architecture of the future -- Malevich and the ascent into ether -- Kandinsky and the sound of colour -- Pollock and the search for a symbol -- Newman, Rothko, Still and the reductive image -- Newman, Rothko, Still and the abstract sublime
Summary: In this survey of the origins and development of abstract art in the 20th century, John Golding analyses the ambitions and careers of seven major artists, each of whom has been inspired by the fact that he was on the path to something new.
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First paperback edition 2002

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Mondrian and the architecture of the future -- Malevich and the ascent into ether -- Kandinsky and the sound of colour -- Pollock and the search for a symbol -- Newman, Rothko, Still and the reductive image -- Newman, Rothko, Still and the abstract sublime

In this survey of the origins and development of abstract art in the 20th century, John Golding analyses the ambitions and careers of seven major artists, each of whom has been inspired by the fact that he was on the path to something new.

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