{"title":"Theory \u0026 Criticism (£5 or Less)","description":"\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003eBuy 5 for £5 or Less - and get the cheapest FREE!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.booksaboutart.co.uk\/collections\/theory-criticism\"\u003eView all Theory, Criticism \u0026amp; Philosophy titles\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"futurist-manifestos","title":"Futurist Manifestos","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUmbro Apollonio\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p1\"\u003eSoftcover | \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e14.76 x 1.8 x 21.06 cm | 240 pp\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMuseum of Fine Arts Boston | 2001 | \u003c\/span\u003e9780878466276\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn February 20th, 1909, a belligerent manifesto announcing the birth of the Futurist movement appeared on the front page of the Paris newspaper \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLe Figaro\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and sent immediate shockwaves throughout Europe. 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Brennan examines de Kooning's Woman series—perhaps the most significant effort to incorporate feminine presence within abstract expressionist imagery—as extended cultural metaphors for bourgeois masculinity's conflicted relationship with its feminine \"others.\" She also shows how the aggressive energy of Pollock's nonfigural painterly idiom became domesticated in the press by the repeated pairing of his work with images of Pollock in the studio and at home with his wife, the artist Lee Krasner.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"column\"\u003eFinally, discussing the rise of the post-painterly abstractionists in the sixties, Brennan shows how, both despite and because of the critical presence of Helen Frankenthaler, formalist responses to the works of Morris Louis and Kenneth Noland provided an opportunity to promote idealised conceptions of masculine creativity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"column\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePLEASE NOTE:\u003c\/strong\u003e This title has been remainder marked by the publisher - a small black stamp on the lower edge. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"column\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43722026483970,"sku":"BK-MIT-MMS-001-M","price":5.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0401\/6226\/3204\/files\/IMG_5229_27ac9c78-e004-4826-a11d-7eedb6699dd6.jpg?v=1686218721"},{"product_id":"photography-as-fiction","title":"Photography as Fiction","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"page\" title=\"Page 3\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eErin C. 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