Christopher Rothko Knihy

"Mark Rothko (1903-1970), world-renowned icon of Abstract Expressionism, is rediscovered in this wholly original examination of his art and life written by his son. Synthesizing rigorous critique with personal anecdotes, Christopher, the younger of the artist's two children, offers a unique perspective on this modern master. Christopher Rothko draws on an intimate knowledge of the artworks to present eighteen essays that look closely at the paintings and explore the ways in which they foster a profound connection between viewer and artist through form, color, and scale. The prominent commissions for the Rothko Chapel in Houston and the Seagram Building murals in New York receive extended treatment, as do many of the lesser-known and underappreciated aspects of Rothko's oeuvre, including reassessments of his late dark canvases and his formidable body of works on paper. The author also discusses the artist's writings of the 1930s and 1940s, the significance of music to the artist, and our enduring struggles with visual abstraction in the contemporary era. Finally, Christopher Rothko writes movingly about his role as the artist's son, his commonalities with his father, and the terms of the relationship they forged during the writer's childhood." -- Publisher's description.

"Mark Rothko (1903-1970), world-renowned icon of Abstract Expressionism, is rediscovered in this wholly original examination of his art and life written by his son. Synthesizing rigorous critique with personal anecdotes, Christopher, the younger of the artist's two children, offers a unique perspective on this modern master. Christopher Rothko draws on an intimate knowledge of the artworks to present eighteen essays that look closely at the paintings and explore the ways in which they foster a profound connection between viewer and artist through form, color, and scale. The prominent commissions for the Rothko Chapel in Houston and the Seagram Building murals in New York receive extended treatment, as do many of the lesser-known and underappreciated aspects of Rothko's oeuvre, including reassessments of his late dark canvases and his formidable body of works on paper. The author also discusses the artist's writings of the 1930s and 1940s, the significance of music to the artist, and our enduring struggles with visual abstraction in the contemporary era. Finally, Christopher Rothko writes movingly about his role as the artist's son, his commonalities with his father, and the terms of the relationship they forged during the writer's childhood."--Publisher's description.

Door de moderne aanpak laat dit boek over schilderkunst de lezer - van de grootste kunstkenner tot de meest prille beginner - op uiterst toegankelijke wijze genieten van de schoonheid van schilderijen uit de hele wereld. Behalve met het werk van schilders als Van Gogh en Michelangelo maakt u kunnis met de pop art van Andy Warhol, met moderne Braziliaanse schilders en met het traditionele werk van Indiase en Japanse kunstenaars. De kern van het boek is een A-Z-encyclopedie van schilders, met de nadruk op de moderne kunst. Op elke pagina vindt u een werk en een beknopte levensbeschrijving van de kunstenaar, en verwijzingen naar stromingen en schilders die invloed op hem of haar hadden. De encyclopedie wordt voorafgegaan door hoofdstukken over moderne kunst, schildertechnieken, kunst wereldwijd, tijdlijnen en kunststromingen. Het naslagwerk besluit met een uitgebreide bronvermelding, een bibliografie, geraadpleegde websites, een algemeen register en een register op de afgebeelde kunstwerken.