The Shock of the NewAn illustrated history of modern art describes the origins of modern painting, sculpture, and architecture, shows how world events affected the art, and explains why the movement is near its end. |
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Page 217
... things for the first time . . . . " The form of this " convalescent world " fills de Chirico's paintings after 1912. It is an airless place , and its weather is always the same . The sun has a late - afternoon slant , throwing long ...
... things for the first time . . . . " The form of this " convalescent world " fills de Chirico's paintings after 1912. It is an airless place , and its weather is always the same . The sun has a late - afternoon slant , throwing long ...
Page 337
... things that were not invented - things so well known that they were not well seen . Between 1955 and 1961 , Johns chose and developed most of his principal motifs : the targets , the stencilled words and numbers , the flags , the rulers ...
... things that were not invented - things so well known that they were not well seen . Between 1955 and 1961 , Johns chose and developed most of his principal motifs : the targets , the stencilled words and numbers , the flags , the rulers ...
Page 357
... things lost or thrown away ... I am for the art of teddy - bears and guns and decapitated rabbits , exploded umbrellas , raped beds ... I am for the art of abandoned boxes , tied like pharaohs ... But then , elsewhere , in comes the ...
... things lost or thrown away ... I am for the art of teddy - bears and guns and decapitated rabbits , exploded umbrellas , raped beds ... I am for the art of abandoned boxes , tied like pharaohs ... But then , elsewhere , in comes the ...
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