Comparative Analysis Expressionism
Comparative Analysis Expressionism
Please do not plagiarism.
rovide a comparative analysis of these artworks
AND answer the questions that follow:
Willem de Kooning, “Woman, I”
(1952, American Abstract Expressionism, oil and metallic paint on canvas)
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– COMPARED / CONTRASTED TO… –
Mark Rothko, “No. 14, 1960”
(1960, American Abstract Expressionism, oil on canvas)
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– QUESTIONS –
- In what ways are these works formally similar and different from each other?
- How do these works reflect the different schools / branches within American Abstract Expressionism? (hint: be sure to include a brief discussion and comparison of gesture / action painting vs. color field painting)
- Imagine you are the art critic, Clement Greenberg. What do you have say to these paintings, especially in terms of which one best captures your ideas about the essence of art? Which of these two paintings /artist do you more positively respond to vs. the other?
- Imagine you are the art critic, Harold Rosenberg. What do you have say to these paintings, especially in terms of which one best captures your ideas about the essence of art? Which of these two paintings /artist do you more positively respond to vs. the other?
