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Geometric Abstraction – The History
Among the modern genres of painting, Geometric Abstraction stands as a purportedly simplistic and precise, non-figurative sect. Although, some schools of thought believe that it came into being around 1950, but actually, it has been there throughout various cultures, since ancient times. Islamic Art and architecture dating back to as early as the seventh century have shown the examples of prevalent Geometric Abstraction, which had some impact on the development of Western Art. In the twentieth century also, some of the contemporary art forms like Minimalistic Art, adopted Geometric Abstraction, partially or wholly.
The Details
The signature characteristics of Geometrical Abstraction were tightly patterned geometrical figures, vibrant colors, and an effective use of space. These abstractionists continued the work in two-dimensions to produce flat designs. Synthetic Cubism, characterized by abstract space, synthesized shapes, and constructional layout, became the defining influence on Geometric Abstraction. Other Cubist techniques of papiers collés and collage also had a profound impact on this style, where the inherent flatness of the composition and the interrelation of the various Geometric components ‘spoke’ a pictorial language. The ‘realistic’ existence of forms and spaces ceased to have relevance for the Geometric Abstractionists, who made conscious attempts to strip down their portrayal to the linear existence of the visible aspects. Like most of the Abstract Art genres, Geometric Expression put a primer on the color schemes. The themes of the works mainly drove the color choice.
The Artists & Artworks
Kazimir Malevichs ‘Black Square’ is a monochrome design, whereas Piet Mondrian’s ‘Composition No. 10′ (1939-42) is composed of the sections of fundamental colors – red, blue, and yellow. Among the leading names associated with Geometric Abstraction included Frank Stella, Josef Albers, Richard Anuszkiewicz, Frantisek Kupka, Ellsworth Kelly, Tony DeLap, Wassily Kandinsky, Ronald Davis, Kazimir Malevich, Sándor Bortnyik,Alexander Rodchenko, Theo van Doesburg, Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Piet Mondrian, Peter Graham, Victor Vasarely, Lajos Kassák, Peter Laszlo Peri, Max Bill, Nadir Afonso, Vieira da Silva, Kenneth Noland, Jack Reilly, Gordon Walters, John Levee, Thomas Downing, Burgoyne Diller, Leon Goldin, Sean Scully, Günter Fruhtrunk, Ilya Bolotowsky, George Johnson, and Larry Zox.
In 1965, an exhibition named ‘The Responsive Eye’ was held in the Museum of Modern Art, New York, which bolstered the cause of Modern Art, particularly Geometric Abstraction, greatly. According to the famous art curator William Seitz, the purpose of this exhibition was “….. to dramatize the power of static forms and colors to stimulate dynamic psychological responses.”
Conclusion
Geometric Abstraction, through its revolutionary expressions, became a strong influence on fashion, object display, commercial designing, and various other elements in the contemporary society.
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does anyone know how to find out what a comic book is worth. I have probably a thousand from the 70′s?
I have thousands of superman, superboy, jonah hex, batman, detective batmans, richie rich, archies, horror, and westerns. There is even a hee haw. Some are in great condition others are not. I just need a website where I could punch in the information and find out if anyone is looking for them or how much they are worth.
Contact the CGC,
http://www.cgccomics.com/
They will give you advice on which comics you should have graded.
(Only for certain key issues that would bring a good return price.)
The cost for grading can be expensive, but well worth it in some cases.
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TOM MIX WESTERN #27 PAGE 39 ORIGINAL COMIC ART 1950 FAWCETT VERY RARE WITH EDITS $796.00 |
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Western Comics: True Story Of Smokey Bear $6.99 |
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Tom Mix Western 1949 Comic Book #16 $19.99 |
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Dell, 1953 Western Comic… “INDIAN CHIEF”…Vol. 1, #10 $10.50 |
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RARE Vintage 1948 FAWCETT comic TOM MIX WESTERN #2 10¢ NICE intact & complete $17.50 |
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Western Flickers [VHS] $19.95 “Western Flickers” is R. J. Thomas’ mock-documentary about a Texas lawman named T. J. Spikes, who, in 1913, came up with an ambitious plan to get into the history books. Anxious for notoriety after a lackluster career as a bounty hunter, Spikes asked the Western Flickers Motion Picture Company of Hollywood to come to Texas and film his pursuit (and, hopefully, capture) of the Cactus Kid, a notori… |
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Deadwood: The Complete Series [Blu-ray] $73.49 Deadwood represents one of those periodic, wholesale reinventions of the Western that is as different from, say, Lonesome Dove as that miniseries is from Howard Hawks’s Rio Bravo or the latter is from Anthony Mann’s The Naked Spur. In many ways, HBO’s Deadwood embraces the Western’s unambiguous morality during the cinema’s silent era through the 1930s while also blazing trails through a post-NYPD … |
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El Dorado $3.53 El Dorado doesn’t quite have the scope or ambition of Howard Hawks’s greatest Westerns, Red River and Rio Bravo. But this relaxed picture, made near the end of Hawks’s marvelous career, still shows the steady, sure hand of a master. Hawks reunites with John Wayne, playing a hired gun mixed up in a range war; Robert Mitchum is Wayne’s old pal, now a sheriff in the midst of a hopeless drunken bender… |
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Legend (Ultimate Edition) $9.86 A forest dweller is chosen by fate to save a beautiful princess and defeat the Lord of Darkness, or the world will be plunged into a never-ending ice age.Genre: Feature Film-Action/AdventureRating: UNRelease Date: 8-FEB-2005Media Type: DVD… |
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