The Collected Essays and Criticism, Volume 3: Affirmations and Refusals, 1950-1956 - Softcover

Greenberg, Clement

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0226306232 ISBN 13: 9780226306230

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 1995

Synopsis

Clement Greenberg is widely recognized as the most influential and articulate champion of modernism during its American ascendency after World War II, the period largely covered by these highly acclaimed volumes of The Collected Essays and Criticism. Volume 3: Affirmations and Refusals presents Greenberg's writings from the period between 1950 and 1956, while Volume 4: Modernism with a Vengeance gathers essays and criticism of the years 1957 to 1969. The 120 works range from little-known pieces originally appearing Vogue and Harper's Bazaar to such celebrated essays as "The Plight of Our Culture" (1953), "Modernist Painting" (1960), and "Post Painterly Abstraction" (1964). Preserved in their original form, these writings allow readers to witness the development and direction of Greenberg's criticism, from his advocacy of abstract expressionism to his enthusiasm for color-field painting.

With the inclusion of critical exchanges between Greenberg and F. R. Leavis, Fairfield Porter, Thomas B. Hess, Herbert Read, Max Kozloff, and Robert Goldwater, these volumes are essential sources in the ongoing debate over modern art. For each volume, John O'Brian has furnished an introduction, a selected bibliography, and a brief summary of events that places the criticism in its artistic and historical context.

About this title

About the Author

John O’Brian is professor of art history at the University of British Colombia.

From the Back Cover

The Bibliography list other writings by Greenberg, including books and translations fro the German. It also provides a selected bibliography of secondary sources on Greenberg's work. The Chronology offers a brief summary of events from 1950 to 1969 to five some background to the criticism.

Reviews

These final two volumes of the writings of the esteemed art critic include major and lesser known pieces as well as exchanges with F.R. Leavis, Fairfield Porter and others, as well as biographical summary, selected bibliography and introduction by O'Brian.

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Edition details

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0226306232
• ISBN 13: 9780226306230
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 340
• Editor: O'Brian John