| Description |
xv, 143 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
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regular print |
| Series |
Icons of America |
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Icons of America.
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| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Chapter Seven -- Chapter Eight -- Chapter Nine -- Chapter Ten -- Chapter Eleven |
| Summary |
This book present a compelling look at Jackson Pollock's vibrant, quintessentially American art and the turbulent life that gave rise to it. This book examines Pollock's itinerant and poverty-stricken childhood in the West, his encounters with contemporary art in Depression-era New York, and his years in the run-down Long Island fishing village that, ironically, was transformed into a fashionable resort by his presence. Placing the artist in the context of his time, Toynton also illuminates the fierce controversies that swirled around his work and that continue to do so. Pollock's paintings captured the sense of freedom and infinite possibility unique to the American experience, and his life was both an American rags-to-riches story and a darker tale of the price paid for celebrity, American style |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-136) and index |
| Subject |
Pollock, Jackson, 1912-1956 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Art and society -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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| Author |
Pollock, Jackson, 1912-1956.
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| LC no. |
2011020807 |
| ISBN |
0300163258 (hbk.) |
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9780300163254 (hbk.) |
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