"The American Action Painters"
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"The American Action Painters" is a landmark 1952 essay by art critic Harold Rosenberg that introduced and defined the concept of Action Painting within Abstract Expressionism.
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| "The American Action Painters" canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: "The American Action Painters" Context triple: [Harold Rosenberg, notableWork, "The American Action Painters"]
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Target entity: "The American Action Painters" Target entity description: "The American Action Painters" is a landmark 1952 essay by art critic Harold Rosenberg that introduced and defined the concept of Action Painting within Abstract Expressionism.
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A.
The Triumph of Painting
The Triumph of Painting is a landmark contemporary art exhibition that helped revive and spotlight painting in the early 21st-century art scene.
-
B.
Hundreds and Thousands: The Journals of an Artist
Hundreds and Thousands: The Journals of an Artist is a posthumously published collection of Emily Carr’s personal journals that offers insight into the Canadian painter and writer’s inner life, creative process, and relationship with the landscapes of the Pacific Northwest.
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C.
The Isms of Art
The Isms of Art is a seminal avant-garde art book by El Lissitzky that surveys and visually interprets the major modern art movements of the early 20th century.
-
D.
The Making of Americans
The Making of Americans is an experimental modernist novel by Gertrude Stein that traces the history and psychology of an American family through highly repetitive, innovative prose.
-
E.
Women, the New York School, and Other True Abstractions
Women, the New York School, and Other True Abstractions is a critical study by Maggie Nelson that examines the overlooked contributions of women poets and artists associated with the New York School.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
art criticism essay
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essay ⓘ |
| artisticConceptIntroduced | Action Painting NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | New York School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Harold Rosenberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalContext | mid-20th-century American art criticism ⓘ |
| describes | painting as an arena in which to act ⓘ |
| discusses |
existential approach to art
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psychological dimension of painting ⓘ role of the artist’s gesture ⓘ |
| field | art criticism ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
artist’s action as content of the work
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process of painting ⓘ |
| genre | theoretical essay ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
interpretation of Jackson Pollock’s work
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interpretation of Willem de Kooning’s work ⓘ subsequent theories of performance in visual art ⓘ |
| influenced |
critical reception of Abstract Expressionism
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interpretation of gestural abstraction ⓘ |
| keyTermCoined | Action Painting NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Abstract Expressionism
NERFINISHED
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Action Painting NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movementDiscussed | Abstract Expressionism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
defining the term Action Painting
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shifting focus from finished artwork to act of painting ⓘ |
| periodDiscussed | post–World War II American art ⓘ |
| philosophicalInfluence | existentialism ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1952 ⓘ |
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