Theories and Documents of Contemporary Art
Subtitle: A Sourcebook of Artists' Writings (California Studies in the History of Art ; 35)
Contributors: Kristine Stiles (Editor); Peter Selz (Editor)
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: April 18, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 1003
ISBN-13: 9780520202535
Subjects: History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -; Theory of art; History - Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945); Art & Art Instruction; Art; Sources; Art / General; History - General; 20th century; Art, Modern
First sentence: The dominant art mode during and after World War II has been labeled as abstract expressionism, action painting, tachism, lyrical abstraction, art informel, art autre, and a handful of other terms.