Rhetoric of purity, the: essentialist theory and the advent of abstract painting
Auteur :
Cheetham, Mark A.
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521477598
Date de publication :
26 août 1994
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,2 cm
Poids :
330 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
In The Rhetoric of Purity, Mark Cheetham explores the historical and theoretical relations between early abstract painting in Europe and the notion of purity. For Gauguin, Serusier, Mondrian and Kandinsky - the pioneering abstractionists whose written and visual works Cheetham discusses in detail - purity is the crucial quality that painting must possess.