Modern Art in the U.S.
Compare and Contrast: Pollock vs. Rothko
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Compare and Contrast - Jackson Pollock's White Light, 1954 with Mark Rothko's Number 15, 1957.
White Light
https://www.moma.org/collection/works/79481
Number 15
https://www.orartswatch.org/wpcontent/ uploads/2012/02/Rothko_untitled_1957.jpg
Spend time looking carefully at each work. Write down a list of words that describe each work - include nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs.
What do you think initially, and then what details do you begin to see?
What is similar about these works?
What is different?
They were both American Abstract Expressionists - why are they linked together in this art movement?
Do you believe that their inten