Kelsey Moore Thesis Paper Outline October 2, 2012 Thesis: How do ...

Kelsey Moore
Thesis Paper Outline
October 2, 2012
Thesis: How do colors, lines, proportions and placement affect the perception of abstract paintings and
how do artists like Piet Mondrian, etc. create works that become famous?
I. Thesis/Introduction
II. What is considered to be abstract?
a. Book Definition
b. Dictionary Definition
III. Piet Mondrian: Blue and Yellow
a. Details
i. On Abstract Art pg 42
ii. Understanding Abstract Art pg 12
iii. Piet Mondrian
iv. Perception
1. Neuropsychology of art pg 163
2. Vision and Art pg 157
IV. Jackson Pollock
a. Details about Artist/Work
i. On Abstract Art pg 93-103
ii. Jackson Pollock,
iii. Jackson Pollock,
iv. Jackson Pollock,
V. Kazimir Malevich
a. Details
i. On Abstract Art pg 14, 28-31
ii. K.M. and The Art of Geometry pg 134-165
b. His works’ influence today/Works attributed to him
VI. Today’s Works
a. Influence of artists/similarities
i. Abstract Art… Late 20 th C. pg 153
ii. Lichtenstein pg 49, many
iii. Abstract Art Against Autonomy pg 25
iv. Situating el Lissitzky pg52-56
VII. Conclusion

Kelsey Moore
Thesis Paper Outline
October 2, 2012
Works Cited
Cheetham, Mark A. Abstract Art Against Autonomy :Infection, Resistance, and Cure since the '60s.
New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Print.
Colpitt, Frances. Abstract Art in the Late Twentieth Century. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge
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Milner, John, and Kazimir Severinovich Malevich. Kazimir Malevich and the Art of Geometry. New
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Toynton, Evelyn, and Jackson Pollock. Jackson Pollock. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press,
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Whitford, Frank. Understanding Abstract Art. 1 American ed. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1987. Print.

Kelsey Moore
Thesis Paper Outline
October 2, 2012
Zaidel, Dahlia W. Neuropsychology of Art :Neurological, Cognitive, and Evolutionary Perspectives.
Hove England; New York: Psychology Press, 2005. Print. Brain Damage, Behaviour, and Cognition