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The Rhetoric of Purity: Essentialist Theory and the Advent of Abstract Painting - Cambridge Studies in New Art History and Criticism Mark A. Cheetham
The Rhetoric of Purity: Essentialist Theory and the Advent of Abstract Painting - Cambridge Studies in New Art History and Criticism
Mark A. Cheetham
In The Rhetoric of Purity, Mark Cheetham explores the historical and theoretical relations between early abstract painting in Europe and the notion of purity. For Gauguin, Serusier, Mondrian and Kandinsky - the pioneering abstractionists whose written and visual works Cheetham discusses in detail - purity is the crucial quality that painting must possess.
220 pages, 14 halftones
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | August 26, 1994 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521477598 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 220 |
| Dimensions | 246 × 190 × 12 mm · 414 g |
| Language | English |