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Revisiting New England Ser.: Boston Modern : Figurative Expressionism as Alternative Modernism by Judith Arlene Bookbinder (2005, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of New Hampshire Press
ISBN-101584654880
ISBN-139781584654889
eBay Product ID (ePID)45320804
Product Key Features
Number of Pages388 Pages
Publication NameBoston Modern : Figurative Expressionism As Alternative Modernism
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2005
SubjectHistory / Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945), American / General, History / General
TypeTextbook
AuthorJudith Arlene Bookbinder
Subject AreaArt
SeriesRevisiting New England Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.3 in
Item Weight28 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2005-003206
Reviews"[Bookbinder] punctuates this history with thoughtful analyses of individual artworks . . . she tells an interesting story about the role of institutions and formal education in American cultural history and makes an important contribution to this history."ÑThe New England Quarterly, "[Bookbinder] punctuates this history with thoughtful analyses of individual artworks . . . she tells an interesting story about the role of institutions and formal education in American cultural history and makes an important contribution to this history."-The New England Quarterly, "[Bookbinder punctuates this history with thoughtful analyses of individual artworks . . . she tells an interesting story about the role of institutions and formal education in American cultural history and makes an important contribution to this history."-The New England Quarterly, "[Bookbinder] punctuates this history with thoughtful analyses of individual artworks . . . she tells an interesting story about the role of institutions and formal education in American cultural history and makes an important contribution to this history."--The New England Quarterly, "[Bookbinder punctuates this history with thoughtful analyses of individual artworks . . . she tells an interesting story about the role of institutions and formal education in American cultural history and makes an important contribution to this history."--The New England Quarterly
Dewey Edition22
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal709/.744/6109045
SynopsisIn Boston Modern, Judith Bookbinder firmly establishes Boston figurative expressionism as an integral part of American modernism, one that presents an alternative approach to the trajectory of abstract art in the turbulent decades bracketing the Second World War. The works of the movement's most remarkable artists boldly confront issues of personal and group identity in the modern world, consider the role of the artist as witness to violence, prejudice, and corruption in modern society, and intricately reinterpret the nature of the creative process and its formal and spatial implications. Within Boston's unique and surprisingly receptive Anglo-Saxon and academic tradition, Karl Zerbe, Hyman Bloom, Jack Levine, David Aronson, Philip Guston, and others, many of whom were Jewish immigrants from eastern Europe or their children, struggled to clarify their identities as outsiders in an insider's world and as modern artists. Although at first critically and popularly well received throughout the country, Boston figurative expressionists were increasingly marginalized by the development of abstract modernism centered in New York. However, by giving voice to the ethos of a community in flux, the movement continues to inspire artists today. The vibrant dialogue the group established between their individual perspectives and the aesthetic conventions taught at Boston's academic institutions is here at last given the prominent treatment it deserves. Lavishly illustrated and skillfully presented, Boston Modern definitively challenges widely accepted notions of modernist discourse in American art history.
LC Classification NumberN6512.5.F5B66 2005
