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    This document discusses abstract expressionist artworks including Barnett Newman's Vir Heroicus Sublimis and Mark Rothko's No. 16 (Red, Brown, and Black). It prompts viewers to describe the works, noting how the artists used techniques like large scale, color choice, and composition to potentially evoke emotion and create spiritual experiences for both the artist and viewer. Key questions addressed are whether art can evoke emotion, what strategies artists use to do so, and if the process of making and viewing art can be spiritual acts.

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    Abstract Expressionism

    The Sublime and the Spiritual

    MoMA Abstract Expressionism


    Questions

    Can art evoke emotion?

    What techniques or strategies can artists use to represent or evoke


    emotion?

    MoMA Abstract Expressionism


    Take a close look at Vir Heroicus
    Sublimis, by Barnett Newman…

    • What words would you use to


    describe this painting?

    • What stylistic choices did the


    artist make in terms of color,
    composition, and subject?

    Barnett Newman. Vir Heroicus Sublimis. 1950 – 51

    MoMA Abstract Expressionism


    Barnett Newman. Vir Heroicus Sublimis. 1950 – 51

    • How does the title relate to what you see?

    • How might the painting’s large scale relate to the title?

    MoMA Abstract Expressionism


    Let’s look at No. 16 (Red, Brown,
    and Black), by Mark Rothko
    • What do you notice about his
    choice of color?

    • How would you describe the


    brushwork?

    • What emotions do these


    colors and composition
    evoke?

    • What effect do you think


    Rothko hoped to create?

    Mark Rothko. No. 16 (Red, Brown, and Black).


    1958

    MoMA Abstract Expressionism


    Questions

    Can the process of making art be a spiritual act?

    Can viewing art be a spiritual experience?

    MoMA Abstract Expressionism


    Barnett Newman. Vir Heroicus Sublimis. 1950 – 51

    MoMA Abstract Expressionism


    Louise Nevelson. Sky Cathedral. 1958

    MoMA Abstract Expressionism


    Mark Rothko. No. 16 (Red, Brown, and Black). 1958

    MoMA Abstract Expressionism

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