Barbara Hess (5 kníh)
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Barbara Hess Abstract Expressionism ENThe ineffable language of paint Abstract expressionism—the non-representational use of paint as a means of personal expression—emerged in America in the 1940s, inspired by the innovative work of Arshile Gorky. Considered the first art movement originating in the Americas to have a worldwide influence, abstract expressionism spawned two very different sub-categories: action painting (exemplified by Willem de Kooning…
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Barbara Hess Abstraktní expresionizmus CZV štyridsiatych a päťdesiatych rokoch 20. storočia rozvíjajú mladí umelci v New Yorku maliarsky štýl, ktorý pod názvom abstraktný expresionizmus vstúpi do histórie umenia a dosiahne svetové uznanie. Príslušníci tejto tzv. Newyorskej školy prispeli svojimi odvážnymi víziami a novým umeleckým slovníkom k prelomu a vedúcemu postaveniu amerického maliarstva druhej polovice 20. storočia. Tak ako v prípade iných súdobých…
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Barbara Hess Fontana ENItalian artist Lucio Fontana tore apart the modern art establishment—literally. Trained initially as a sculptor, Fontana (1899-1968) blurred the lines between painting and sculpture by creating works that combined both form and color in a spatial context, most famously exemplified by his slashed canvases of the 1950s and 60s. Fontana’s work was truly conceptual, in that the ideas he wanted to express were more…
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Barbara Hess Fontana ENDebuting in Milan, Fontana settled in Paris in the mid 1930s, where he joined the Abstraction-Creation group and created expressionist sculptures in ceramic and bronze. He later moved to Argentina, where he developed his highly influential Technical Manifesto of Spatialism, a modernist marvel, characteristic of post-war innovation and fuelled by a forward-looking synthesis of art, technology, and science. With…
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Barbara Hess Giotto ENAs the pioneer of modern painting, his impact was so enormous that his artist colleagues in Florence, however capable, were left struggling to keep up. His services were engaged by numerous high officials and princes, including the Pope and his cardinals, King Robert of Anjou, and the Scaligeri and Visconti. All these works, including the large secular cycles, are lost. Amongst his surviving works, his masterpieces…
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