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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790291403321

Autore

Rothko Mark <1903-1970, >

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven : , : Yale University Press, , [2004]

ISBN

0-300-23361-2

1-280-57139-X

9786613600998

0-300-18449-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (177 p.)

Disciplina

759.13

Soggetti

Painting - Philosophy

Authorship

Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

"Mark Rothko (1903-1970) created a new and impassioned form of abstract painting over the course of his career. Rothko also wrote a number of essays and critical reviews during his lifetime, adding his thoughtful, intelligent, and opinionated voice to the debates of the contemporary art world. Although the artist never published a book of his varied and complex views, his heirs indicate that he occasionally spoke of the existence of such a manuscript to friends and colleagues. Stored in a warehouse since the artist's death more than thirty years ago, this manuscript, titled The Artist's Reality, is now being published



for the first time"--Publisher's description.