Take a look at Mark Rothko’s Untitled (1968) – the blue background displays a deep sapphire shade that, although obstructed by large black blocks, nonetheless hypnotizes and radiates an overwhelming, ...

These days the artist Mark Rothko's fame rests primarily on his paintings of soft-edged rectangles of complementary and contrasting colors. In 1958, when these distinctive and evocative "color field" ...

Senior thesis completed at Trinity College, Hartford, CT for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Art History. Abstract Nothing, at first glance, seems a more unlikely point of departure for a discussion ...

American painter Mark Rothko (1903-1970) and rectangles had a long and intimate 20-year relationship. His paintings display almost exclusively those geometric shapes, that art critics describe as: ...