Word: abstractedly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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What would happen if abstract expressionism took over the field of literature? As an abstract critic, allow me to say, "Reinhardt's No. 15 leely en hooly pic o langly...
...have from the very beginning of our history insisted that there is a rule of law which is above the rule of man. That concept we derived from our English forebears, but we played a part in its acceptance. As John Marshall put it, 'There are principles of abstract justice which the Creator of all things has impressed on the mind of his creature...
...painting were made dramatically clear by the shows. In Manhattan, the standout exhibits were Seth Eastman's Lacrosse Playing Among the Sioux Indians and Albert Bierstadt's The Last of the Buffalo -both brown, spacious, romantic and unabashedly illustrative. The Washington show was long on flat, bright abstractions that would have meant no more to Eastman and Bierstadt than so many Indian blankets. First prize of $2.000 and a gold medal went to Walter Plate, 33, for Hot House, a big, lush bouquet of thick colors, which thus became the Corcoran's latest acquisition. An ex-marine...
Under the guidance of Director Gordon Smith, the Albright is energetically pursuing a policy of buying the quick instead of the dead, the controversial instead of the safe. If, as seems likely, abstract expressionism establishes itself as the most vital painting of the period, the Albright will become a No. 1 center for serious students...
Apologists for abstract painting like to warn against reading too much into such pictures. They are supposed to be seen "purely as paintings." This is like asking people not to daydream at concerts. Whether it be "pure" or merely obscure, whether "pioneering" or just playing, abstract-expressionism is something to dream and wonder over...