Benton, Pollock, and the Politics of Modernism From Regionalism to Abstract Expressionism

Name: Benton, Pollock, and the Politics of Modernism From Regionalism to Abstract Expressionism
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ISBN: 9780226159430

ISBN-10: 0226159434

ISBN-13: 9780226159430

Edition: 1995

Authors: Erika Doss

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In this acclaimed revisionist study, Erika Doss chronicles an historic cultural change in American art from the dominance of regionalism in the 1930s to abstract expressionism in the 1940s. She centers her study on Thomas Hart Benton and Jackson Pollock, Benton's foremost student in the early thirties, charting Pollock's early imitation of Benton's style before his radical move to abstraction. By situating painting within the evolving sociopolitical and cultural context of the Depression and the Cold War, Doss explains the reasons for this change and casts light on its significance for contemporary culture. "A welcome addition to the growing body of literature that deals with the art and…

Book details

List price: $62.00
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 6/1/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 462
Size: 0.60" wide x 0.90" long x 0.10" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments


Introduction



Republicanism and Modernism: The Genesis of Regionalism in The American Historical Epic



Liberal Reform and the American Scene: Benton's 1930s Murals



Thomas Hart Benton in Hollywood: Regionalist Art and Corporate Patronage



Modernist Accommodation, Corporate Appropriation: The Collapse of Regionalism and the New Deal



From Regionalism to Abstract Expressionism: Modern Art and Consensus Politics in Postwar America



The Misconstruction of Abstract Expressionism: Institutional Orthodoxy and Commodification


Index