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Mark Rothko, 1903-1970 : pictures as drama / Jacob Baal-Teshuva.

by Baal-Teshuva, Jacob.

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Hong Kong ; Los Angeles : Taschen, c2009.

Rothko, Mark, 1903-1970 -- Criticism and interpretation.

9783836512831 (hardcover)

3836512831 (hardcover)

96 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cm.

Pictures as drama -- From Russia to New York via Portland, Oregon -- Marcus Rothkovich becomes Mark Rothko : mythology and surrealism -- Multiforms - the way to the classic paintings -- Rothko's murals and the rise of Pop Art -- The Rothko Chapel and the Tate Gallery Room -- Rothko's death and legacy -- Chronology.

This volume contains a survey of the works by Russian-born American painter Mark Rothko (1903-1970). Rothko belongs to the generation of American artists who completely revolutionized the essence of abstract painting. His stylistic evolution, from a figurative visual repertoire to an abstract style rooted in the active relationship of the observer to the painting, embodied the radical vision of a renaissance in painting. Rothko characterized this relationship as a consummated experience between picture and onlooker. His color formations indeed draw the observer into a space filled with an inner light. He was mainly concerned with the viewer's experience, the merging of work and recipient beyond verbal comprehension.

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