The world new made : figurative painting in the twentieth century /

The world new made : figurative painting in the twentieth century /

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Author / Creator:	Hyman, Timothy, author.
Imprint:	New York, New York : Thames & Hudson, 2016. ©2016.
Description:	256 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Figurative painting -- 20th century. Painting, Modern -- 20th century. Painting, Modern. Figurative painting.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10907157

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ISBN:	9780500239452 0500239452
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-247) and index.
Summary:	Timothy Hyman argues that figuration never went away; abstraction was just one of the ways by which artists renewed pictorial language. This book is structured not as a general survey, but as an in-depth exploration of over 130 specific paintings, and accompanying artists' writings. Focusing on those painters who took a contrary path, he presents a case for these artists as a resistance of sorts. Starting with the oppressive stylistic imperative that set in as Cubism became a movement, he guides us through the Neue Sachlichkeit response to Expressionism, Intimism, 'outsiders' and the aftermath of Abstract Expressionism, towards a new kind of history painting. He shows how abstraction becomes a midwife to a new kind of figuration. A celebration of the richness of human-centred painting over the last century, Timothy Hyman's lavishly illustrated new book brings these often-marginalized artists centre stage. Together they offer a counter-argument to Western formalism, and a foundation for the figurative painters of the 21st century.

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Call Number:	ND196.F5 H96 2016
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