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

by Marcia Brennan

Book Overview

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