Boston modern : figurative expressionism as alternative modernism / Judith Bookbinder.
| Author/creator |
Bookbinder, Judith Arlene |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Durham, N.H. : University of New Hampshire Press ; Hanover : University Press of New England, ©2005. |
| Description | x, 372 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Subject(s) |
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| Series | Revisiting New England Revisiting New England. ^A446065 |
| Contents | "The new heroism": Karl Zerbe's beginnings, the German avant-garde, and Entartete Kunst in Boston -- Immigrant childhoods: the education of Hyman Bloom and Jack Levine -- Society as a morality play: Jack Levine's view of the world -- Mystery and materiality: Hyman Bloom's spiritual renderings -- Teaching by example: Karl Zerbe's painting and pedagogy -- Challenging established assumptions: David Aronson, other museum school students, and the debate at the Institute of Contemporary Art -- Reestablishing roots: Aronson, Guston, and a renewed figurative expressionist debate -- Conclusion: figurative expressionism beyond Boston. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [331]-353) and index. |
| LCCN | 2005003206 |
| ISBN | 1584654880 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | General Stacks | N6512.5.F5 B66 2005 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |