Rothko worked with many themes such as tragedy, ecstasy, and the sublime, as well as myth, prophecy, archaic ritual, and the unconscious mind. Rothko eventually became inspired by the surrealist technique and slowly transformed his paintings from expressionist to surrealist to abstract. And although he worked with many themes over his career, he mostly wanted to avoid explaining the content of his work because he believed that the abstract image could directly represent the fundamental nature of ?human drama...
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And although he worked with many themes over his career, he mostly wanted to avoid explaining the content of his work because he believed that the abstract image could directly represent the fundamental nature of ?human drama.' Rothko's abstract work molded mostly into images of many rectangles on a canvas with much attention paid to color...
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Colour field painting - Started in 1950s after abstract expressionism. - Painted using large areas of solid colour. - Meant to take references to nature out of art and move toward modern art...	2 / 345
paradise lost Rothko worked with many themes such as tragedy, ecstasy, and the sublime, as well as myth, prophecy, archaic ritual, and the unconscious mind. Rothko eventually became inspired by the surrealist technique and slowly transformed his paintings from expressionist to surrealist to abstract...	4 / 881
abstract expressionism The artists saw the dark side of man and the vulnerability of humans and wanted to show this as well as their concerns through their art. After the war, there was even more direct contact with European artists and surrealism introduced more possibilities with their ideas about the subconscious...	3 / 750
The Meaning of Abstract Art Abstractart.20m.com divides abstract art into 3 main classifications: Abstract Expressionism, Neoplasticism and Cubism. (http://abstractart.20m.com/) Cubism focused on analyzing the subject using geometry...	4 / 962