Jasper Johns [[electronic resource] /] / Catherine Craft

• Autore: Craft Catherine
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Parkstone, c2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (256 p.)
• Disciplina: 709.24
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: JohnsJasper <1930->
• Note generali: Series statement from jacket flap.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgments; Being an Artist; The Birth of an Artist; Private and Public; The Changing Focus of the Eye; The Freedom of Objects; Changing Moods; The Artist and his Viewers; Marcel Duchamp: Thought in Art; Multiple Impressions; Not Designed, But Taken; Printing and Painting; Untitled and Related Works; Thought, Embodied; Creation and Destruction; Dropping the Reserve; Something Happening; Shifting Meanings; Picasso: Different Kinds of Qualities; Second Childhood; Knowing and Not Knowing; Dropping the Reserve?; Grace; Catenary; Within; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography ; List of Illustrations
• Sommario/riassunto: At a time when the dominant mode of painting,Abstract Expressionism,emphasized expressive drama through bold brushwork and largely abstract compositions, Johns' paintings of the American flag, targets, numbers and the alphabet demonstrated a decided departure from convention.Despite being painted with obvious care, they seemed emotionally reticent, cool and quiet, far from the emotional fireworks then fashionable."It all began... with my painting a picture of an American flag. Using this design took care of a great deal for me because I didn't have to design it. So I went on to similar things li
• Titolo autorizzato: Jasper Johns
• ISBN: 1-283-95767-1; 1-78042-997-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910462041203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Temporis