9780691048963
Paths to the Absolute: Mondrian, Malevich, Kandinsky, Pollock, Newman, Rothko, and Still
John Golding
ISBN 13: 9780691048963
Publisher: Bollingen Foundation
Publication Date: 2000
Binding: Hardcover
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"The skill of Golding's style is that it draws together considerations of art historical significance, aesthetic value (which is, after all, only art historical significance on a different scale) and personal opinion into a provocative amalgam. Not least among the pleasures which PATHS TO THE ABSOLUTE offers its readers is the pleasure of disagreeing with its pronouncements. Of the many interesting passages in the book, perhaps the most compelling uncovers a misunderstanding at the heart of Malevich's debt to synthetic cubism."
Matthew Reynolds, Times Literary Supplement, 01/19/2001
Review:"Golding painstakingly leads us through the masters of abstraction and their personal quests for the 'Absolute,' which is the end of abstraction. In simple terms the abstractionist tries to economically convey an idea...to reveal the Absolute. Although his tone is at times hagiographic, Golding has meticulously documented his work."
R. K. Dickson, Bloomsbury Review, May/June 2002
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Book Description: The University Press Group Ltd, United States, 2000. Hardback. Book Condition: New. 254 x 178 mm. Brand New Book with Free Worldwide Delivery. From Mondrian's bold geometric forms to Kandinsky's use of symbols to Pollock's "dripped paintings," the richly diverse movement of abstract painting challenges anyone trying to make sense of either individual works or the phenomenon as a whole. Applying his insights as an art historian and a painter, John Golding offers a unique approach to understanding the evolution of abstractionism by looking at the personal artistic development of seven of its greatest practitioners. He re-creates the journey undertaken by each painter in his move from representational art to the abstract - a journey that in most cases began with cubism but led variously to symbolism, futurism, surrealism, theosophy, anthropology, Jungian analysis, and beyond.For each artist, spiritual quest and artistic experimentation became inseparable. And despite their different techniques and philosophies, these artists shared one goal: to break a path to a new, ultimate pictorial truth. The book first explores the works and concerns of three pioneering European abstract painters - Mondrian, Malevich, Kandinsky - and then those of their American successors - Pollock, Newman, Rothko, and Still.Golding shows how each painter sought to see the world and communicate his vision in the purest or most expressive form possible. For example, Mondrian found his way into abstraction through a spiritual response to the landscape of his native Holland, Malevich through his apprehension of the human body, Kandinsky through a blend of religious mysticism and symbolism. Line and color became the focus for many of their creative endeavors.In the 1940s and 50s, the Americans raised the level of pictorial innovation, beginning most notably with Pollock and his Jung-inspired concept of action. Golding makes a powerful case that at its best and most profound, abstract painting is heavily imbued with meaning and content. Through a blend of biography, art analysis, and cultural history, "Paths to the Absolute" offers remarkable insights into how a sense of purpose is achieved in painting, and how abstractionism engaged with the intellectual currents of its time. Bookseller Inventory # AAC9780691048963 Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
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