{"product_id":"abstract-landscapes-paperback","title":"Abstract Landscapes - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChris Coles\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo great American painters, Mark Rothko and Milton Avery, were both interested in the idea that the essence of a painting was not its illusory representation of \"reality and depth\" but instead the painting's colors and their relation to each other. Rothko thought that a painting should have no \"Representation of Reality\" at all. Just be blocks of different colors. And, while Avery agreed that Color Fields, colors and their relationship with each other, were a crucial element in a painting, he also thought paintings should have, however vague and abstract, some reference to \"Representational Reality\". In this series of abstract landscapes, I tried to find a Middle Path between \"Representational Reality\" and pure \"Color Fields\". Even though I later developed a more representational style similar to the German Expressionists, I still see my often heavily distorted representational images as opportunities for extreme use of non-representational color.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 108\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.28 x 8.5 x 8.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 08, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42128406577287,"sku":"9781072723394","price":29.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/92112b01dd636c31f718fa428d078a30.webp?v=1732595238","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/abstract-landscapes-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}