The Rhetoric of Purity
Essentialist Theory and the Advent of Abstract Painting
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220 pages
- Release Date
26 August 1994
Summary
In The Rhetoric of Purity, Mark Cheetham examines the resurgence of Neo-Platonist philosophy in France during the late nineteenth century and its critical role in the formation of the first wave of abstract painting at that time. Through analysis of the writings and art of Gauguin, Serusier, Mondrian, and Kandinsky, among others, he concludes that for these artists, purity was nothing less than the quality that painting must possess. Cheetham argues that the rhetoric of purity was originally …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780521477598 |
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| ISBN-10: | 052147759X |
| Author: | Mark A. Cheetham |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Imprint: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 220 |
| Release Date: | 26 August 1994 |
| Weight: | 330g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 12mm |
| Series: | Cambridge Studies in New Art History and Criticism |
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“Excellent….Cheetham’s study clarifies many of the contradictory aspects of early abstract theory.” The Reader’s Review
About The Author
Mark A. Cheetham
Mark A. Cheetham is a professor of art history at the University of Toronto. His book Artwriting, Nation, and Cosmopolitanism in Britain: The “Englishness” of English Art Theory since the Eighteenth Century is forthcoming from Ashgate. He recently co-curated the exhibition JACK CHAMBERS: the light from the darkness, silver paintings and film work for Museum London 񢉛).
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