Originally presented as the authors's thesis (doctoral--Princeton, 1955).
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents
Foreword / by Robert Motherwell. -- Introduction / by Dore Ashton. -- The spread of abstract expressionism. -- Pictorial elements. -- Pictorial relationships. -- The creative process. -- The problem of opposites. -- Subject matter and content. -- The artist and society. -- The historical position of abstract expressionism. -- Appendix: Motherwell's chronology of abstract expressionism.