Benton, Pollock, and the politics of modernism : from regionalism to abstract expressionism / Erika Doss.
Doss, Erika, 1956-
1991
ND237.B47 D67 1991 (Mapit)
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Title Benton, Pollock, and the politics of modernism : from regionalism to abstract expressionism / Erika Doss.
Author Doss, Erika, 1956-
ISBN 0226159426 (alk. paper)
9780226159423 (alk. paper)
0226159434
9780226159430
Published Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1991.
Language English
Description xvi, 445 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Call Number ND237.B47 D67 1991
Dewey Decimal Classification 759.13
Summary "In this acclaimed revisionist study, Doss chronicles a historic cultural change in American art from the dominance of regionalism in the 1930s to abstract expressionism in the 1940s. She centers her study on Thomas Hart Benton and Jackson Pollock, Benton's foremost student in the early thirties, charting Pollock's early imitation of Benton's style before his radical move to abstraction. By situating painting within the evolving sociopolitical and cultural context of the Depression and the Cold War, Doss explains the reasons for this change and casts light on its significance for contemporary culture."--Jacket.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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