The Collected Essays and Criticism, Volume 4: Modernism with a Vengeance, 1957-1969 (The Collected Essays and Criticism , Vol 4) - Softcover

Greenberg, Clement

 
9780226306247: The Collected Essays and Criticism, Volume 4: Modernism with a Vengeance, 1957-1969 (The Collected Essays and Criticism , Vol 4)
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ISBN 10: 0226306240 ISBN 13: 9780226306247
Verlag: University of Chicago Press, 1995

Inhaltsangabe

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.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Clement Greenberg (1909 1994), champion of abstract expressionism and modernism of Pollock, Miro, and Matisse has been esteemed by many as the greatest art critic of the second half of the twentieth century, and possibly the greatest art critic of all time. On radio and in print, Greenberg was the voice of "the new American painting," and a central figure in the postwar cultural history of the United States.

Greenberg first established his reputation writing for the "Partisan Review", which he joined as an editor in 1940. He became art critic for"The Nation" in 1942, and was associate editor of "Commentary" from 1945 until 1957. His seminal essay, "Avant-Garde and Kitsch" set the terms for the ongoing debate about the relationship of modern high art to popular culture. Though many of his ideas have been challenged, Greenberg has influenced generations of critics, historians, and artists, and he remains influential to this day.

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

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The essays and criticism in this volume consist of published writings only, arranged chronologically in the order of their first appearance. Each article concludes with a reference stating when and in what publication it first appeared.

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Verlag
University of Chicago Press
Erscheinungsdatum
1995
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0226306240
ISBN 13 
9780226306247
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Anzahl der Seiten
358
Herausgeber
O'Brian John
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