{"product_id":"abstract-art-by-dietmar-elger-9783836546782","title":"Abstract Art","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbstraction shook Western art to its core.\u003c\/b\u003e In the early part of the 20th century, it refuted the reign of clear, indisputable forms and confronted audiences instead with \u003cb\u003evivid visual poems\u003c\/b\u003e devoid of conventional representational imagery and characterized by allegories of \u003cb\u003eemotion and sensation\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis \u003cb\u003eradical artistic adventure\u003c\/b\u003e established new artistic means, as much as narratives. Expression became characterized by \u003cb\u003eshocking juxtapositions of colour, light, and line.\u003c\/b\u003e Artists abandoned the conventions of brush and easel and played with \u003cb\u003enew materials and methods of artistic gesture\u003c\/b\u003e: commercial paints and housepainter's brushes, working on unstretched and unprimed canvases, moving the canvas to the floor, and applying paint with hands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis essential introduction spans the international breadth, conceptual depth, and seismic impact of abstract art with a thorough survey not only of the big names such as Picasso, Klee, Kline, Rothko, and Pollock, but also lesser-known figures who made equally significant contributions, including Antoni Tàpies, K. O. Götz, Ad Reinhardt, and Sophie Taeuber-Arp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47536162242796,"sku":"9783836546782","price":45.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9783836546782-abstract-art.jpg?v=1776378594","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/abstract-art-by-dietmar-elger-9783836546782","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}