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Clement Greenberg
A
Critic's Collection
Karen Wilkin
and Bruce Guenther
Clement Greenberg is the most renowned
American art critic of the twentieth centu–
ry and the first to treat New York modern
artists as an independent school. He was
also a major collector. This extraordinary
book illustrates, in color and for the first
time, his collection's 155 works. Spanning
five decades of American art, it features
some of the twentieth century's finest
artists.
The book's text includes discussions of
Greenberg's significance to criticism, his famous studio visits, and the controversy
attached to his work, as well as short biographies of each artist.
Published
in
Association with the
Portland
M
Museum.
Portland.
Oregon
192
pages.
239
color
plates.
9
7/8
x
12
Cloth $49.95 ISBN 0-691-09049-1
Blue
The History of a Color
Michel Pastoureau
Blue has a long and topsy-turvy history in
the Western world. The ancient Greeks
scorned it as ugly and barbaric, but most
Americans and Europeans now choose it
as their favorite color. In this entertaining
history, Michel Pastoureau traces the
changing meanings of blue from its rare
appearances in prehistoric art to its inter–
national ubiquity today.
With an exceptionally elegant design and
strikingly illustrated, Blue tells the fascinating history of our favorite color and the
cultures that have hated it, loved it, and created great art with it.
216
pages.
100
color
plates.
8
7/8
x
9
3/8.
Cloth $35.00 ISBN 0-691-09050-5 Due October
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Princeton University Press
800-777-4726 •
