{"product_id":"9783836505178","title":"Abstract Expressionism","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMood marks: The painterly gestures of personal feelings\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHailed as the first American-born art movement to have a worldwide influence, \u003cb\u003eAbstract Expressionism\u003c\/b\u003e denotes the non-representational use of paint as a means of personal expression. It emerged in America in the 1940s, with lead protagonists including \u003cb\u003eJackson Pollock, Philip Guston, Robert Motherwell, Mark Rothko, \u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eWillem de Kooning. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbstract Expressionism spawned many different stylistic tendencies but two particularly prominent sub-categories: action painting, exemplified by de Kooning and Pollock, and color field painting, made most famous by Rothko. Throughout, Abstract Expressionists strove to convey \u003cb\u003eemotions and ideas through the making of marks\u003c\/b\u003e, through forms, textures, shades, and the particular quality of brushstrokes. The movement favored large-scale canvases, and embraced the role of accident or chance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith featured works from 20 key Abstract Expressionist artists, this book introduces the movement which \u003cb\u003eshifted the center of art gravity from Paris to New York\u003c\/b\u003e and remains for many the golden moment of American art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbout the Series:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eEach book in TASCHEN's Basic Genre series features:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea detailed illustrated introduction plus a timeline of the most important political, cultural and social events that took place during that period\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea selection of the most important works of the epoch, each of which is presented on a 2-page spread with a full-page image and with an interpretation of the respective work, plus a portrait and brief biography of the artist\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eapproximately 100 colour illustrations with explanatory captions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taschen America, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47052246843632,"sku":"9783836505178","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9783836505178_p0.jpg?v=1769887902","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9783836505178","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}