本（ほん）は、書籍（しょせき）または書物（しょもつ）とも呼ばれ、紙・木・竹・絹布などの軟質な素材に、文字・記号・図画などを筆写、印刷し、糸・糊などで装丁・製本したもの 。 狭義では、複数枚の紙が一方の端を綴じられた状態になっているもの。このままの状態で紙の片面 …

David Anfam: Abstract Expressionism. World of Art. Thames and Hudson, London 1990, ISBN 978-0-50020243-2; Stephen Polcari: Abstract Expressionism and the Modern Experience. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge 1991. Ausstellungskatalog: Le grand geste! Informel und abstrakter Expressionismus 1946–1964. museum kunst palast, Düsseldorf, 10 ...

Apr 06, 2021 · Shaped by the legacy of Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism emerged in New York after WWII. It’s often referred to as the New York School or action painting. These painters and abstract sculptors broke away from what was considered conventional, and instead used spontaneity and improvisation to create abstract works of art. This included ...

Background. The most famous paintings, especially old master works done before 1803, are generally owned or held at museums, for viewing by patrons.Since the museums rarely sell them, they are considered priceless. Guinness World Records lists Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa as having the highest ever insurance value for a painting. On permanent display at the Louvre in …

Degenerate art (German: Entartete Kunst) was a term adopted in the 1920s by the Nazi Party in Germany to describe modern art.During the dictatorship of Adolf Hitler, German modernist art, including many works of internationally renowned artists, was removed from state-owned museums and banned in Nazi Germany on the grounds that such art was an "insult to German …

Information from Wikipedia, made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Getty record. Introduction De Kooning was born in the Netherlands, but active primarily in the United States. He was a leading figure of Abstract Expressionism. His style strongly influenced art after World War II.

Biography. Amiet was born in Solothurn, and was the son of the chancellor of the canton of Solothurn, Josef Ignaz Amiet (1827–1895). He attended the Kantonsschule Solothurn, where he graduated with the Matura in 1883. After studies with the painter Frank Buchser, he attended the Academy of Fine Arts Munich in 1886–88, where he befriended Giovanni Giacometti.

Paul Jackson Pollock (/ ˈ p ɒ l ə k /; January 28, 1912 – August 11, 1956) was an American painter and a major figure in the abstract expressionist movement. He was widely noticed for his "drip technique" of pouring or splashing liquid household paint onto a horizontal surface, enabling him to view and paint his canvases from all angles.It was called all-over painting and action …

Louise Nevelson (September 23, 1899 – April 17, 1988) was an American sculptor known for her monumental, monochromatic, wooden wall pieces and outdoor sculptures.. Born in the Poltava Governorate of the Russian Empire (present-day Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine), she emigrated with her family to the United States in the early 20th century.Nevelson learned English at school, as she …

Mondrian's work had an enormous influence on 20th century art, influencing not only the course of abstract painting and numerous major styles and art movements (e.g. Color Field painting, Abstract Expressionism and Minimalism), but also fields outside the domain of painting, such as design, architecture and fashion.

Waiting for Godot (/ ˈ ɡ ɒ d oʊ / GOD-oh) is a play by Samuel Beckett in which two characters, Vladimir (Didi) and Estragon (Gogo), engage in a variety of discussions and encounters while awaiting the titular Godot, who never arrives. Waiting for Godot is Beckett's translation of his own original French-language play, En attendant Godot, and is subtitled (in English only) "a …

El expresionismo abstracto es un movimiento pictórico contemporáneo dentro de la abstracción, en concreto, las tendencias informalistas y matéricas posteriores a la Segunda Guerra Mundial.El término se había utilizado por primera vez en Alemania en 1919 en la revista Der Sturm, sobre el expresionismo alemán.En los Estados Unidos, Alfred Barr fue el primero …

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (6 May 1880 – 15 June 1938) was a German expressionist painter and printmaker and one of the founders of the artists group Die Brücke or "The Bridge", a key group leading to the foundation of Expressionism in 20th-century art. He volunteered for army service in the First World War, but soon suffered a breakdown and was discharged.

Postmodern art is a body of art movements that sought to contradict some aspects of modernism or some aspects that emerged or developed in its aftermath. In general, movements such as intermedia, installation art, conceptual art and multimedia, particularly involving video are described as postmodern.. There are several characteristics which lend art to being …