Paths to the absolute
John Golding
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Paths to the absolute
by John Golding
Published
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pages
240
ISBN-10
0691048967
Description
"In this survey of the origins and development of abstraction in twentieth-century painting John Goding, himself a noted painter, teacher and art historian, analyzes the ambitions and careers of seven major artists, each of whom 'had been inspired by the fact that he was on the path to some new, ultimate pictorial truth or certainty, to a visual absolute'." "In his discussion of each artist the author has chosen key works to illustrate a visual progression away from figurative painting; each is described and analyzed in terms of colour, medium, content and scale, supplemented by a range of comparative material demonstrating stylistic influences, especially the pivotal role and impact of Cubism in general on Mondrian and Malevich. In the case of each painter attention is drawn to specific factors, such as the effect on Malevich of Futurism and its concern with depicting movement, and particular sources of inspiration or use of symbolism, for example the importance of water and the sea for Jackson Pollock or of shamanistic motifs present in works by Clyfford Still."--Jacket.
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Who is the author of Paths to the absolute?
Paths to the absolute was written by John Golding.
When was Paths to the absolute published?
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