Seeing Rothko (Paperback Book)

Getty Trust Publications

\""I am interested only in expressing basic human emotions - tragedy, ecstasy, doom,\"" - Mark Rothko (1903 - 1970) said of his paintings. \""If you are moved only by their colour relationships, then you miss the point.\"" Throughout his career, Rothko was concerned with what other people experienced when they looked at his canvases. As his work shifted from figurative imagery to luminous fields of colour, his concern expanded to the setting in which his paintings were exhibited. In a series of analytic, personal, and even poetic essays by contemporary scholars, this volume explains how Rothko's most compelling creations elicit such profound and varied responses. This volume also reproduces, for the first time, Rothko's \""Scribble Book,\"" in which he jotted down his ideas on teaching art to\n\nSeeing Rothko\n\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tracked services.\n\nPlease note that the price advertised is as low as we;