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The Rhetoric of Purity

- Essentialist Theory and the Advent of Abstract Painting

About The Rhetoric of Purity

In The Rhetoric of Purity, Mark Cheetham explores the historical and theoretical relations between early abstract painting in Europe and the notion of purity. For Gauguin, Serusier, Mondrian and Kandinsky - the pioneering abstractionists whose written and visual works Cheetham discusses in detail - purity is the crucial quality that painting must possess.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780521477598
  • Binding:
  • Paperback
  • Pages:
  • 220
  • Published:
  • August 25, 1994
  • Dimensions:
  • 246x190x12 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 414 g.
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Description of The Rhetoric of Purity

In The Rhetoric of Purity, Mark Cheetham explores the historical and theoretical relations between early abstract painting in Europe and the notion of purity. For Gauguin, Serusier, Mondrian and Kandinsky - the pioneering abstractionists whose written and visual works Cheetham discusses in detail - purity is the crucial quality that painting must possess.

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