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all-over painting
all-over painting. A term used for a type of painting in which the whole surface of the work is treated in a relatively uniform manner and traditional ideas of composition—of the picture having a top, bottom, or centre—are abandoned. The term was first used in the 1950s of the ‘drip’ paintings of Jackson Pollock, and it has subsequently been applied to other works that avoid any obvious composition or grouping of forms, whether they rely on colour, as with Colour Field painters, or on texture, as with the ‘scribbled’ pictures of Cy Twombly. The German term is StreuKompositien.
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IAN CHILVERS. "all-over painting." A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "all-over painting." A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O5-alloverpainting.html IAN CHILVERS. "all-over painting." A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art. 1999. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O5-alloverpainting.html |
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all-over painting
all-over painting. A type of painting in which the whole surface of the canvas is treated in a relatively uniform manner and traditional ideas of composition—of the picture having a top, bottom, or centre—are abandoned. The term was first used in the 1950s with reference to the ‘drip’ paintings of Jackson Pollock, and it has since been applied to other pictures in which the overall treatment of the canvas is relatively uniform, whether relying on texture or on ‘scribbled’ material, as with Cy Twombly, or on colour, as with the Colour Field Painters.
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IAN CHILVERS. "all-over painting." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "all-over painting." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-alloverpainting.html IAN CHILVERS. "all-over painting." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-alloverpainting.html |
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all-over painting
all-over painting. A type of painting in which the whole surface of the canvas is treated in a relatively uniform manner and traditional ideas of composition—of the picture having a top, bottom, or centre—are abandoned. The term was first used in the 1950s with reference to the ‘drip’ paintings of Jackson Pollock, and it has since been applied to other pictures in which the overall treatment of the canvas is relatively uniform, whether relying on texture or on ‘scribbled’ material, as with Cy Twombly, or on colour, as with the Colour Field Painters.
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IAN CHILVERS. "all-over painting." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "all-over painting." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-alloverpainting.html IAN CHILVERS. "all-over painting." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-alloverpainting.html |
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