Art Informel
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Art Informel Term coined by the French critic Michel Tapié to describe a type of spontaneous abstract painting popular among European artists in the 1940s and 1950s, roughly equivalent to
Abstract Expressionism in the USA. Tapié popularized the term in his book
Un art autre (1952), and these two terms—
Art Autre and Art Informel—are sometimes used more or less synonymously. They are rarely used with any precision, but some critics regard Art Informel as a narrower term, representing only one aspect of the broader trend of Art Autre (which includes figurative as well as abstract work). In English the term ‘Informalism’ is sometimes used as an equivalent to Art Informel, but the word ‘informel’ (which Tapié himself devised) might be translated as ‘without form’ rather than ‘informal’. See also
Tachisme.
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In memoriam V. Gordon Childe.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Antiquity; 12/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...service, on 23 October 1957, Gordon Childe's remains were taken to the Northern Suburbs Crematorium. Vere Gordon Childe's memorial plaque lies in a...sponsoring a new memorial to Vere Gordon Childe with its readership? As an archaeologist...
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The Archaeology of V. Gordon Childe: Contemporary Perspectives.
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 1/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...the centennial of the birth of Vere Gordon Childe, probably the foremost archaeologist...state of archaeology) as about Childe. David R. Harris' introduction...society. Much of it was shaped by Vere Gordon Childe; and the haunting title of his...
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Marx's Ghost: conversations with archaeologists.
Magazine article from: Oceania; 9/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...In Chapter 2, Patterson takes Vere Gordon Childe as the starting point because from...Spencer, to the development of Childe's thought. The following chapter...directly and mediated through Childe's work, on archaeology in the...
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Cultural Liberalism in Australia: a study in intellectual and cultural history.
Magazine article from: Journal of Australian Studies; 3/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...characters as the nationalist Palmer, the imperialist Frederick Egglestone, the drunken mystic Brennan, the Marxist Vere Gordon Childe and the Anglican Bishop Burgmann is too catholic to be much use as a tool of analysis. With this degree of inclusiveness...
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Transitions in prehistory; essays in honor of Ofer Bar-Yosef.(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 11/1/2009; 523 words
; ...modern human range, Paleoindian stability during the Younger Dryas in the North American lower Great Lakes, and Vere Gordon Childe and the concept of revolution. Distributed in North America by The David Brown Book Co. ([c]2009 Book News...
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William J. Peace. Leslie A. White: Evolution and Revolution in Anthropology.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Michigan Historical Review; 9/22/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...using a number of variables. White's interest in a theory of cultural evolution was paralleled by archaeologist Vere Gordon Childe and anthropologist Julian Steward, though all three argued that their views differed from each other's. Pearce...
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Martin Thomas, The Artificial Horizon: imagining the Blue Mountains.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society; 6/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Passage Three: Into the Labyrinth'; 'Passage Four: The Echo and the Sound Itself'; 'Passage Five: Vere Gordon Childe and the Abyss of Time'. Thus, this publication is about the human experience and perception of the Blue Mountains...
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Anniversaries
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 4/14/1995; 648 words
; ...Schlick, philosopher, 1882; Edward Chace Tolman, psychologist, 1886; Arnold Joseph Toynbee, historian, 1889; Vere Gordon Childe, archaeologist, 1892; Franois Duvalier, Haitian dictator ("Papa Doc"), 1907. Deaths: Godwin, Earl of...
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Time Detectives.
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 4/1/1995; 700+ words
; ...incorporated the technique; earlier finds were re-examined and conclusions revised. One sad casualty of this advance was Vere Gordon Childe. This Australian archaeologist jumped to his death off a high cliff in the Blue Mountains in 1957 when radiocarbon...
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Vere Gordon Childe
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Vere Gordon Childe 1892-1957, British archaeologist, b. Australia. An Oxford graduate, he taught at the Univ. of Edinburgh (1927-46) and...
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Childe, Vere Gordon
Book article from: A Dictionary of Sociology
Childe, Vere Gordon (1892–1957) Born in Australia, Childe became professor successively in the...emphasis on the importance of the economy, Childe nevertheless also stressed the importance...
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Aryan
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...Early Aryans." In A Cultural History of India, edited by A. L. Basham, 20-29. Oxford: Clarendon Press. Childe, Vere Gordon (1926). The Aryans: A Study of Indo-European Origins. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Tr ü bner...
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