Barnett Newman: Selected Writings and InterviewsUniversity of California Press, 1 ene 1992 - 331 páginas Barnett Newman's writings reveal him to be an impassioned and articulate analyst of art and society who never hesitated to make his views known and always stood by them. To understand Newman's unique place in the culture of the twentieth century, we must know both his paintings and his words--a knowledge made possible by this long-awaited volume. "Barnett Newman [1905-1970] was a thinker who chose to develop his ideas both in painting and in writing. He was also a citizen who made his acts of painting and writing political. And he was an artist."--Richard Schiff, from the Introduction Barnett Newman's writings reveal him to be an impassioned and articulate analyst of art and society who never hesitated to make his views known and always stood by them. To understand Newman's unique place in the culture of the twentieth century, we must know both his paintings and his words--a knowledge made possible by this long-awaited volume. "Barnett Newman [1905-1970] was a thinker who chose to develop his ideas both in painting and in writing. He was also a citizen who made his acts of painting and writing political. And he was an artist."--Richard Schiff, from the Introduction |
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Critic Turned Artist 1925 54 | 4 |
From The AnswerAmericas Civil Service Magazine 1936 | 9 |
Civil ServiceThe American Way Out 1936 | 13 |
What About Isolationist Art? 1942 | 20 |
American Modern Artists 1943 | 29 |
THE ARTISTCRITIC | 53 |
PreColumbian Stone Sculpture 1944 | 61 |
Milton Avery 1945 | 77 |
STATEMENTS | 177 |
The Stations of the Cross | 187 |
CORRESPONDENCE | 197 |
Background and American Phase | 198 |
Letter to the Editor The New Republic 1957 | 209 |
Letters to the Editor | 216 |
Frontiers of Space Interview with Dorothy Gees Seckler 1962 247 | 222 |
Response to the Reverend Thomas F Mathews 1967 286 | 225 |
Adolph Gottlieb 1944 80 60 | 80 |
Surrealism and the War 1945 | 94 |
The Ideographic Picture 1947 | 107 |
THE ARTISTTHINKER | 137 |
The New Sense of Fate 194748 164 | 156 |
The Attitudes of Ten Artists | 160 |
The Sublime Is Now 1948 | 170 |
Foreword | 233 |
COLLOQUIES | 239 |
The New York School Question | 259 |
The Case for Exporting Nations AvantGarde Art | 268 |
Through the Louvre with Barnett Newman | 290 |
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