ARTHI 6C Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Marcel Duchamp, Brushstrokes, Action Painting
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Socialist realism is not the same as 19th century realism. Depicting values of the proletariat in an excessively positive way. Figures seem to be like archetypes or hieroglyphics. Color field painting: a subcategory of abstract expressionism. He allows pigments to stain and soak into the canvas and layers them. Kept this process secret, which makes it very hard to replicate. Untitled (violet, black, orange, yellow on white and red), 1949. Wanted people to have a religious experience in front of them. Wanted people to weep in front of them and feel strong emotion. Painting does not give viewer a certain value nor does it have a ground point to have you reference. Use your own experiences to view this art, rather than the artist imposing his morals on you. Zip: term for how the painting is divided. Many similar types of paintings toured around europe to showcase how different and exciting us style is.
