Syllabus quiz Note: There’s NO quiz on Thursday 10 minutes total 1)Describe the attendance policy 2)Describe the video response assignment.
American Abstract Expressionism: Two modes: gestural abstraction (Action Painting) and chromatic abstraction (Color Field Painting)
“Is He the Greatest?”. Pollock Painting, c. 1950.
“Is He the Greatest?”
“The Irascibles” (Abstract Expressionists), Life Magazine cover story, 1951
Willem de Kooning making an early study for Woman I , c.1950-1951 (right) Woman I , 1950-2
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American Abstract Expressionism “The New York School”
Francis Bacon, Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion, 1944, oil and pastel on canvas, triptych on wood fiberboard, each 37 x 29 inches.
Jackson Pollock was called an “action painter” because his work shows movement and rhythm.
