Paths to the Absolute : : Mondrian, Malevich, Kandinsky, Pollock, Newman, Rothko, and Still /

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

A groundbreaking account of the meaning of abstract paintingFrom Mondrian's bold geometric forms to Kandinsky's use of symbols to Pollock's "dripped paintings," the richly diverse movement of abstract painting challenges anyone trying to make sense of either individual works...

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Golding, John,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2023]
©2001
Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
Series:Bollingen Series (General) ; 35
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Physical Description:1 online resource (240 p.) :; 172 b/w illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1 Mondrian and the architecture of the future
  • 2 Malevich and the ascent into ether
  • 3 Kandinsky and the sound of colour
  • 4 Pollock and the search for a symbol
  • 5 Newman, Rothko, Still and the reductive image
  • 6 Newman, Rothko, Still and the abstract sublime
  • Notes on the text
  • List of illustrations and sources
  • Index

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