Cotton duck canvas and the gray flannel suit : the material dialectics of American formalism

This thesis is concerned with art and culture in America from 1948 to 1955, primarily a period bound shift in the aesthetic practice of modernism which would result in the stain painting of Morris Louis. The purpose of this thesis is to trace the shift in cultural values which would promote the emer...

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Main Author: Steiner, Shep
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/31570