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Mark Rothko * Date: 1954. * Style: Color Field Painting. * Genre: abstract. www.wikiart.org

: He believed that if you were moved to tears, it was because you were communicating with the universal human emotions he poured into the paint. Dark Over Light Earth I

: Active borders of dark red corral the central shapes, creating a tension between the fields of color. Mark Rothko * Date: 1954

: Despite their "grandiose" size, Rothko painted these large works to be very "human and intimate". He believed that when a viewer stands close to a large picture, they are "in it" rather than simply commanding it from the outside. Dark Over Light Earth I