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* Read # Mark Rothko: A Biography by James E. B. Breslin ✓ eBook or Kindle ePUB. Mark Rothko: A Biography A book of heroic dimensions, this is the first full-length biography of one of the greatest artists of the twentieth century—a man as fascinating, difficult, and compelling as the paintings he produced. It is painstakingly researched, fluently written and unfailingly intelligent in tracing the tragic course of its subject's tormented character."—Hilton Kramer, New York Times Book Review, front page reviewJames E. The artist's paintings become almost tangible within Breslin's p
| Title | : | Mark Rothko: A Biography |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.48 (680 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0226074064 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 764 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
Paul Laub said For Rothko, the best a book can do. No book can do Mark Rothko justice. He painted on largecanvases. To know him is to confront his original workon the wall before you. Find your distance, 10, 15,maybe For Rothko, the best a book can do No book can do Mark Rothko justice. He painted on largecanvases. To know him is to confront his original workon the wall before you. Find your distance, 10, 15,maybe 30 feet back. Yet to make sense of hiscolored rectangles tearing themselves apart in fission,as well as his earlier, quite different work, somebackground helps.Breslin's book will become the standard reference, butnot perhaps the starting point. He writes engrossingly,but the 558 pa. 0 feet back. Yet to make sense of hiscolored rectangles tearing themselves apart in fission,as well as his earlier, quite different work, somebackground helps.Breslin's book will become the standard reference, butnot perhaps the starting point. He writes engrossingly,but the 558 pa. Heavy going but worth it if you commit yourself to it N. NATALE This bio is long and plodding with too much agonizingly detailed information about Rothko's early life, his parents' lives, his wives, etc., etc.and long, minute examinations and descriptions of early paintings.HOWEVER, along about 200 pages, it begins to redeem itself and TURNS INTO 4 or 4 1/2 STARS. (I first rated it at 3 but changed my mind although I couldn't change the stars.) It portrays Rothko in enough detail that you get a sense of him . Because Rothko's paintings are so very moving I was disappointed to find this highly regarded biography so very dry Because Rothko's paintings are so very moving I was disappointed to find this highly regarded biography so very dry. I got very little sense of his personality or insight into his relationships. Too much analysis so it gets pretty tiresome to read. I put it down about 2/3rd s of the way through.
A book of heroic dimensions, this is the first full-length biography of one of the greatest artists of the twentieth century—a man as fascinating, difficult, and compelling as the paintings he produced. It is painstakingly researched, fluently written and unfailingly intelligent in tracing the tragic course of its subject's tormented character."—Hilton Kramer, New York Times Book Review, front page reviewJames E. The artist's paintings become almost tangible within Breslin's pages, and Rothko himself emerges as an alarming physical force."—Robert Warde, Hungry Mind Review"This remains beyond question the finest biography so far devoted to an artist of the New York School."-Arthur C. B. Breslin offers us not only an enticing look at Rothko as a person, but delivers a lush, in-depth portrait of the New York art scene of the 1930s, ’40s, and ’50s—the world of Abstract Expressionism, of Pollock, Rothko, de Kooning, and Klein, which would influence artists for generations to come."In Breslin, Rothko has the
"I became a painter because I wanted to raise painting to the level of poignancy of music and poetry." Born Marcus Rothkowitz in a small Russian town, Mark Rothko immigrated to Portland, Oregon, in 1913, when he was 10 years old. The book is flawed only by Breslin's ticlike use of italics, which give the sense of the author tugging at our sleeve in an unnecessary effort to persuade: "Rothko's last and most severe renunciations were made not to remove obstacles between the observer and the idea but in a gesture of personal withdrawal." But this is a relatively minor trifle that does not unduly detract from this large--and large-spirited
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