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American expressionism : art and social change, 1920-1950 / Bram Dijkstra.
Fine Arts Library N6512.5.E94 D55 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dijkstra, Bram.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Expressionism (Art)--United States--Exhibitions.
- Expressionism (Art).
- Art and society--United States--History--20th century--Exhibitions.
- Art and society.
- History.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- 272 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Harry N. Abrams : In association with the Columbus Museum of Art, 2003.
- Summary:
- Providing a fascinating look at American Expressionism--and at the beginnings of a new movement, Abstract Expressionism, which followed it--cultural historian Dijkstra offers new insights into the roots of painting in America today. 258 illustrations.
- Contents:
- Erasing a movement
- The corporate take-over of American art
- American expressionism : the historical framework
- American antecedents
- Depression economics
- The fascism of everyday life
- Character and the characteristics of exclusion
- The body of nature
- What we build is what we destroy
- The war inside our heads.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-269) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0810942313
- OCLC:
- 50866889
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