Abstract Expressionism Abstract Expressionism is a modern art movement that flowered in America after the Second World War and held power until the dawn of Pop Art in the1960's. ... Abstract Expressionism is a form of art in which the artist expresses himself purely through the use of form and color. ... Jackson Pollock's turbulent yet elegant abstract paintings, which were created by spattering paint on huge canvases placed on the floor, brought abstract expressionism before a hostile public. ... By the 1951 Museum of Modern Art exhibition Abstract Painting and Sculpture in ...

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The height of the sculpture was 6"4" tall. ... The pose provided a clear, simple, formula that was used by Greek sculptures throughout the 6th century B.C. In this early figure almost abstract, geometric forms predominate; and anatomical details are rendered in beautiful anagous patterns. ... These were basically life-size or maybe larger sculptures. ... In Egyptian sculpture, male figures were always at least partially clothed, wearing articles associated with their status, such as the headdresses, beaded pectorals, and kilts that identified kinds. ...

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Both arose from a rebellion against an accepted style: the Cubists thought Post-Impressionist artists were too tame and limited, while Pop Artists thought the Abstract Expressionists pretentious and over-intense. ... Is it a 20foot sculpture made from wood, or clay? ...

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