Hyman, Timothy, <br/><br/>
The world new made :  figurative painting in the twentieth century / 
Timothy Hyman. 
 - 256 pages :  illustrations (chiefly color) ;  27 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-247) and index. 
<br/><br/> Timothy Hyman argues that figuration never went away; abstraction was just one of the ways by which artists renewed pictorial language. This book is structured not as a general survey, but as an in-depth exploration of over 130 specific paintings, and accompanying artists' writings. Focusing on those painters who took a contrary path, he presents a case for these artists as a resistance of sorts. Starting with the oppressive stylistic imperative that set in as Cubism became a movement, he guides us through the Neue Sachlichkeit response to Expressionism, Intimism, 'outsiders' and the aftermath of Abstract Expressionism, towards a new kind of history painting. He shows how abstraction becomes a midwife to a new kind of figuration. A celebration of the richness of human-centred painting over the last century, Timothy Hyman's lavishly illustrated new book brings these often-marginalized artists centre stage. Together they offer a counter-argument to Western formalism, and a foundation for the figurative painters of the 21st century. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780500239452 0500239452 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2015959507 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Figurative painting--20th century.<br/>Painting, Modern--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>ND196.F5  / H96 2016 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>709.04 759.06