| Description |
x, 163 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm. |
| Series |
Brandeis series in American Jewish history, culture, and life |
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Brandeis series in American Jewish history, culture, and life.
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| Contents |
The problem of Jewish art -- Jewish artists after emancipation -- Jewish artists in the "Paris School" -- The turn to America. Immigrants and artists : finding and fixing a place. City life and social realism -- Precisionism, magic realism, and political commentary. Between representation and abstraction. The Ten and others -- Abstract expressionism -- From chromaticism to color field painting -- Intellect and emotion -- Conceptual and pop art. Toward century's end. Social commentary and spiritual seeking -- The return of the holocaust -- An explosion of women artists -- Fixing and blurring boundaries -- Shaping and reshaping the questions. |
| Subject |
Jewish artists -- United States.
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Painting, American -- 20th century.
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| ISBN |
1584650494 alkaline paper |
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