Modernism's Masculine Subjects: Matisse, the New York School, and Post-Painterly Abstraction

by Marcia Brennan

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How postwar abstract modernist paintings came to be seen as metaphorical embodiments of masculine selfhood; an examination of the critical discourse surrounding the work of Matisse, de Kooning, Pollock, and the post-painterly Abstractionists.

In the era of The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit--when social pressures on men to conform threatened cherished notions of masculine vitality, freedom, and authenticity--modernist paintings came...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0262524686

ISBN13:9780262524681

Release Date:January 2006

Publisher:MIT Press

Length:213 Pages

Weight:1.00 lbs.

Dimensions:0.4" x 6.8" x 8.7"

Age Range:18 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

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