Line was an important element of many works of American Abstraction. Explore the different qualities of different types of lines, and then analyze how individual artists used lines in their works. If one compares the works of Gorky, Pollock, and Kline, is each artist’s use of line his work’s most distinctive quality? How do the lines of action paintings compare with the lines of Color Field paintings? What different qualities do the lines of these two styles convey? Art>Elements of Art>Line>Line Quality>Media http://www.mhhe.com/ArtStudio/1/1/1/5.html
Explore the works of American abstract artists such as Pollock and Frankenthaler. What earlier influences shaped their works? How did their works differ from those of European abstract painters? How do Pollock’s and Frankenthaler’s works represent different poles of American Abstraction? Art>Art History>Search Across Styles> Abstract Expressionism http://www.mhhe.com/ArtStudio/3/2/6.html
In the mid-twentieth century, acrylic paint became an important medium for some artists. Explore the qualities of acrylic paint. What advantages did it possess over previous media? How does it compare with oil particularly? Art>Art Techniques>Painting>Oil/Acrylic http://www.mhhe.com/ArtStudio/2/1/2.html
