The Truth Is Always Grey : A History of Modernist Painting /

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"Frances Guerin argues that painters select grey to respond to a key question of modernist art: What is painting? Presenting an impressive range of canonical paintings across centuries, this book is a treatise on color that allows us to see something entirely new in familiar paintings and encou...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Guerin, Frances (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2018.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Painting > Philosophy.
Modernism (Art)
Gray in art.
ART > General.
ART > Criticism & Theory.
ART > Color Theory.
ART > History > Contemporary (1945- )
Modernisme (Art)
Peinture > Philosophie.
Gris dans l'art.
Gris > Aspect psychologique.
Gray > Psychological aspects.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"Frances Guerin argues that painters select grey to respond to a key question of modernist art: What is painting? Presenting an impressive range of canonical paintings across centuries, this book is a treatise on color that allows us to see something entirely new in familiar paintings and encourages our appreciation for the innovation and dynamism of the color grey"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (352 pages).
ISBN:9781452957241

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