Jasper Johns / Catherine Craft.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Craft, Catherine.

Contributor:

Johns, Jasper, 1930-

Series:

Temporis

Temporis collection

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Johns, Jasper, 1930---Criticism and interpretation.

Johns, Jasper.

Johns, Jasper, 1930---Influence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Parkstone, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

At a time when the dominant mode of painting,Abstract Expressionism,emphasized expressive drama through bold brushwork and largely abstract compositions, Johns' paintings of the American flag, targets, numbers and the alphabet demonstrated a decided departure from convention.Despite being painted with obvious care, they seemed emotionally reticent, cool and quiet, far from the emotional fireworks then fashionable."It all began... with my painting a picture of an American flag. Using this design took care of a great deal for me because I didn't have to design it. So I went on to similar things li

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Being an Artist; The Birth of an Artist; Private and Public; The Changing Focus of the Eye; The Freedom of Objects; Changing Moods; The Artist and his Viewers; Marcel Duchamp: Thought in Art; Multiple Impressions; Not Designed, But Taken; Printing and Painting; Untitled and Related Works; Thought, Embodied; Creation and Destruction; Dropping the Reserve; Something Happening; Shifting Meanings; Picasso: Different Kinds of Qualities; Second Childhood; Knowing and Not Knowing; Dropping the Reserve?; Grace; Catenary; Within; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography

List of Illustrations

Notes:

Series statement from jacket flap.

Includes bibliographical references.

Title from online resource, PDF version ; viewed on September 14, 2023.

ISBN:

9781283957670

1283957671

9781780429977

1780429975

OCLC:

793996513