Art Critics Comparison

What was Clement Greenberg noted for in his art criticism?

• Speculative assertions

• Dogmatic formalism

• Mythical ideas

• Historical narratives

What did Harold Rosenberg emphasize in his concept of Action Painting?

• The historical development of art

• The act of painting as an event

• The canvas as a surface for pictures

• The importance of color

Where was Clement Greenberg's first major essay, 'Avant-garde and Kitsch,' published?

• The Nation

• The New Yorker

• Partisan Review

• Art News

Which artist did Greenberg value above all?

• Barnett Newman

• Willem de Kooning

• Jackson Pollock

• Franz Kline

What was the title of Harold Rosenberg's essay that first appeared in Art News in 1952?

• After Abstract Expressionism

• The American Action Painters

• The Tradition of the New

• 'American-Type' Painting

Which painting style did Greenberg champion in the 1960s?

• Surrealism

• Cubism

• Color Field painting

• Gestural abstraction

What did Rosenberg argue in his essay 'Action Painting: A Decade of Distortion'?

• Greenberg's focus on form was academic

• Action painting was a minor movement

• Color Field painting was superior

• Abstract Expressionism was overrated

Which artist's work did Greenberg criticize for its reliance on the figure?

• Jackson Pollock

• Franz Kline

• Willem de Kooning

• Barnett Newman

What did Greenberg see as the overriding fact of the painting medium?

• Three dimensionality

• Narrative

• Color

• Pictorial flatness

Who was inspired by Rosenberg's idea of the canvas as an 'arena in which to act'?

• Helen Frankenthaler

• Allan Kaprow

• Michael Fried

• Rosalind Krauss