Abstract expressionism and the American experience
Subtitle: a reevaluation
By: by Irving Sandler.
Series: Mission critical series
Publisher: Hard Press Editions; School of Visual Arts; In association with Hudson Hills Press; [Distributed in the United States by National Book Network]
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lenox [ Mass.]; New York; Manchester, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781555953119
Subjects: Abstract expressionism -- United States; Painting, American -- 20th century
Notes: Series from jacket.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Introduction; title: Ch. 1. The avant-garde in the 1930s : mastering the School of Paris; title: Ch. 2. World War II : mythmaking and biomorphism; title: Ch. 3. Field painting : from the terrible sublime to the exalted sublime; title: Ch. 4. Gesture painting : improvisation and authenticity; title: Ch. 5. Abstract expressionism and the Cold War; title: Ch. 6. Field painting and gesture painting and their critics; title: Ch. 7. The recognition of abstract expressionism; title: Appendix. Image copyright information.