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Article: Abstract Expressionism. (Classroom Use).
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- Arts & Activities
- Article date:
- April 1, 2002
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THINGS TO LEARN
* Following the poverty of the Great Depression and the horrors of World War II, forward-looking artists no longer felt that the earlier art movements of the 20th century fit the times. They wanted to flee themselves from subject matter, and also believed that they should follow their feelings while they worked. These ideas resulted in "Abstract Expressionism," which enabled artists to reach down deeply into themselves for artistic meaning.
* Abstract Expressionism is a mixture of opposite kinds of artistic thinking--or "isms." One part consists of abstract ideas developed 50 years earlier by the artists who created Cubism. The other ...