Western painting critic Robert Coates. Abstract expressionism, Action painting, and Color Field painting are synonymous with the New York School. Technically Surrealism was an important predecessor for Abstract expressionism with its emphasis on spontaneous, automatic or subconscious creation. Jackson Pollock's dripping paint onto a canvas laid on the floor is a technique that has its roots in the work of André Masson. Another important ear<nowiki>ly m</nowiki>anifestation of what came to be abstract expressionism is the work of American Northwest artist Mark Tobey, especially his "white writing" canvases, which, though generally not large in scale, anticipate the "all over" look of Pollock's drip
Themes in Italian Renaissance painting These four famous paintings demonstrate the advent and acceptance of the nude as a subject for the artist in its own right. Paintings of classical mythology were invariably done for the important salons in the houses of private patrons. Botticelli's most famous works are for the Medici, Raphael painted "Galatea" for Agostino Chigi and Bellini's "Feast of the Gods" was, with several works by Titian, in the home of Alfonso I d'Este Themes in Italian Renaissance painting This article about the development of themes in Italian Renaissance painting is an extension to the article Italian Renaissance painting, for which it