ART HIST 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Willem De Kooning, Frank Lloyd Wright, Marilyn Diptych
17 Jan 2018
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Post wwii art movement based in new york; the first american art style to achieve international influence, locating new york as the center of the art world. Must carry universal messages that transcend culture. Should aspire to the condition of music (pure form, sensation) Flat picture plane; no imitation of reality,visible brushstrokes. Pure fields of color; patterns and rhythms constructed for their own sake: jackson pollock, autumn rhythm (number 30), 1950. New materials and methods to paint used. No reference to the identifiable world - ability to analyze color, lines and forms. Ca(cid:374)"t talk a(cid:271)out a spe(cid:272)ifi(cid:272) su(cid:271)je(cid:272)t (cid:373)atter - fo(cid:272)used o(cid:374) the artist"s a(cid:272)tio(cid:374) Subject is the act of painting: willem de kooning, woman i, 1950-52. Recognizable subject matter; but a chaotic, colorful somewhat clashy way. Breasts are heavily outlined - reference to antiquity. Used a paint and scrape technique that was very time consuming. Frank lloyd wright, solomon r. guggenheim museum, nyc, 1943-59.
