The Annotated Mona Lisa: Pages 166 - 167 Flashcards

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Rothko: Blurred Rectangles

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  • Mark Rothko (1903-70)
  • interested in the relation between one color and another
  • as he slipped into depression and alcoholism, his paintings became dark and melancholy, losing their hushed, calm aura
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Newman: Zip Strips

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  • Barnett Newman (1905-70)
  • gave up texture, brushwork, drawing, shading, and perspective for flat fields of pure color sliced by one or two off-center strips
  • tried to find innovative visual equivalents for his mystical concerns
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Frankenthaler: Stain Painting

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  • Helen Frankenthaler (b. 1928)

- combined Pollock’s methods and John Marin’s watercolors in her art

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Louis: Veils and Variations

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  • Morris Louis (1912-62)
  • his worked based off of Frankenthaler
  • trademark was the “veil” painting
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