Benton, Pollock, and the politics of modernism

Description:

"In this acclaimed revisionist study, Doss chronicles a historic cultural change in American art from the dominance of regionalism in the 1930s to abstract expressionism in the 1940s. She centers her study on Thomas Hart Benton and Jackson Pollock, Benton's foremost student in the early thirties, charting Pollock's early imitation of Benton's style before his radical move to abstraction. By situating painting within the evolving sociopolitical and cultural context of the Depression and the Cold War, Doss explains the reasons for this change and casts light on its significance for contemporary culture."--Jacket.

subjects: Abstract expressionism,  Criticism and interpretation,  Political aspects of Modernism (Art),  Regionalism in art,  Modernism (Art),  Political aspects,  History,  Benton, thomas hart, 1889-1975,  Pollock, jackson, 1912-1956

People: Jackson Pollock (1912-1956),  Thomas Hart Benton (1889-1975)

Places: United States

Times: 20th century