Painting Outside the Lines: Patterns of Creativity in Modern Art

Galenson, David W.

ISBN 10: 0674006127 / ISBN 13: 9780674006126

Edité par Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 2002

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xvi, 251 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket, with light shelfwear, protected in a mylar cover. *** "In a work that brings new insights, and new dimensions, to the history of modern art, David Galenson examines the careers of more than 100 modern painters to disclose a fascinating relationship between age and artistic creativity." - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: Preface; 1. The Problem; 2. Artists, Ages, and Prices; 3. Market Values and Critical Evaluation; 4. Importance in Modern Art; 5. Experimental and Conceptual Innovators; 6. Paris from Manet to Miro ; 7. New York from Marin to Minimalism; 8. Intergenerational Conflict in Modern Art; 9. The Changing Careers of Modern Artists; Appendixes; A. The Critical Evaluation of the Careers of French Artists; B. The Critical Evaluation of the Careers of American Artists; C. Ages of American Artists at the Time of Their First One-Person New York Gallery Exhibitions; Notes; Bibliography; Credits. Size: 8vo.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Painting Outside the Lines: Patterns of Creativity in Modern Art
• Éditeur: Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA
• Date de parution: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0674006127
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780674006126
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st.
• État de l'article: Near Fine
• État de la jaquette: Very Good
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • European::8. Modern, 1900-1945
  • USA::6. Late Modern, 1945-1999
  • European::7. Late 19th Century
  • XXX::COLLECTIBLES

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Synopsis

Why have some great modern artists--including Picasso--produced their most important work early in their careers while others--like Cézanne--have done theirs late in life? In a work that brings new insights, and new dimensions, to the history of modern art, David Galenson examines the careers of more than 100 modern painters to disclose a fascinating relationship between age and artistic creativity.

Galenson's analysis of the careers of figures such as Monet, Seurat, Matisse, Pollock, and Jasper Johns reveals two very different methods by which artists have made innovations, each associated with a very different pattern of discovery over the life cycle. Experimental innovators, like Cézanne, work by trial and error, and arrive at their most important contributions gradually. In contrast, Picasso and other conceptual innovators make sudden breakthroughs by formulating new ideas. Consequently, experimental innovators usually make their discoveries late in their lives, whereas conceptual innovators typically peak at an early age.

A novel contribution to the history of modern art, both in method and in substance, Painting outside the Lines offers an enlightening glimpse into the relationship between the working methods and the life cycles of modern artists. The book's explicit use of simple but powerful quantitative techniques allows for systematic generalization about large numbers of artists--and illuminates significant but little understood features of the history of modern art. Pointing to a new and richer understanding of that history, from Impressionism to Abstract Expressionism and beyond, Galenson's work also has broad implications for future attempts to understand the nature of human creativity in general.

À propos de l?auteur

David W. Galenson is Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago.