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Art after 1945. Abstraction as prevalent in post-war, post-traumatic aesthetics |
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| Authors: |
Karaba, Elpida Papastamou, Valia |
| Reviewer: |
Gerogianni, Irini |
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| Abstract: |
The emergence of descriptions of pre-war art in the post-war period and the clarification of historical differences to them. The revision of the relationship between modernism and World War II as a point of intersection in the light of different histories of twentieth-century art. The American case actually and symbolically underlines the shift of the center of the art world from Europe to America. America is seeking its canon and abstraction through linear, eclectic, and synoptic relationships with the historical avant-garde and the tradition of Europe, claiming its own unique and hegemonic artistic identity. In painting, it is expressed by abstract expressionism and exhibitions that extend existential aesthetics into Cold War politics. Abstraction as a landmark of postwar aesthetics. Abstract art will be a focal point to establish a sense of continuity with modernism and restore the trauma of fragmented post-war existence in its various versions. Versions that will be summarized in the theories of Clement Greenberg and Harold Rosenberg that in their different conceptualizations: action painting, American-type painting will encapsulate the paths between avant-garde and high modernism, the stitches and ruptures between Europe and America, incorporating both visions of socialism and the pragmatism of the capitalist condition.
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| Linguistic Editors: |
Klada, Nektaria |
| Graphic Editors: |
Triantafyllakos, George |
| Type: |
Chapter |
| Creation Date: | 08-07-2023 |
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Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) |
| Handle | http://hdl.handle.net/11419/10041 |
| Bibliographic Reference: | Karaba, E., & Papastamou, V. (2023). Art after 1945. Abstraction as prevalent in post-war, post-traumatic aesthetics [Chapter]. In Karaba, E., & Papastamou, V. 2023. Transitions. From Modern to Contemporary Art. Critical Approaches. [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://hdl.handle.net/11419/10041 |
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Greek |
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Transitions. From Modern to Contemporary Art. Critical Approaches. |
| Publication Origin: |
Kallipos, Open Academic Editions |