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| Genre/Form: | Écrits |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Mark Rothko; Mark Rothko; Mark Rothko; Mark Rothko; Mark Rothko; Mark Rothko; Mark Rothko; Mark Rothko |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Mark Rothko; Christopher Rothko |
| ISBN: | 0300102534 9780300102536 0300115857 9780300115857 |
| OCLC Number: | 55228622 |
| Notes: | Includes index. |
| Description: | xxxi, [8], 136 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents: | Introduction / by Christopher Rothko -- The artist's dilemma -- Art as a natural biological function -- Art as a form of action -- The integrity of the plastic process -- Art, reality, and sensuality -- Particularization and generalization -- Generalization since the Renaissance -- Emotional and dramatic impressionism -- Objective impressionism -- Plasticity -- Space -- Beauty -- Naturalism -- Subject and subject matter -- The myth -- The attempted myth of today -- Primitive civilizations' influence on modern art -- Modern art -- Primitivism -- Indigenous art. |
| Responsibility: | Mark Rothko ; edited and with an introduction by Christopher Rothko. |
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Abstract:
Discusses Rothko's ideas on the modern art world, art history, myth, beauty, the challenges of being an artist in society, the true nature of 'American art', and much more. This book includes an introduction by the artist's son, who describes the discovery of the manuscript and the fascinating process of bringing the manuscript to publication.
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"an enormously important art history document" Bryan Appleyard, The Sunday Times "[Rothko's] recently discovered The Artist's Reality does not disappoint. Written around 1940, it gives full expression to his grandly tragic worldview" James Hall, The Independent "a tract that is central to the art of the twentieth century... captures a moment of intense perception into the nature of art by one of its chief practitioners." A.C. Grayling, R.A. Magazine" Read more...
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