二次大战以后,是西方现代主义文化恢复生气的时期。欧洲忙于重建被炮火毁坏的家园,而未经战争洗劫的美国,凭借雄厚的经济实力,很快出现了艺术上的繁荣局面,随着抽象表现主义的崛起,西方文化的重点也开始由巴黎向纽约转移了。但是,到60年代初期,抽象表现主义的气数也接近它的终点,战后的节制与紧张则一度被消费社会的富裕繁 After the Second World War, the Western modernist culture was revived. Europe was busy in rebuilding the home destroyed by the gunfire. Without the looting of the United States, the United States, with its strong economic strength, quickly emerged in an artistic prosperity. With the rise of abstract expressionism, the focus of Western culture began to shift from Paris to New York has been transferred. However, by the early 1960s, the number of abstract expressionists was close to its end, and the post-war restraint and tension were at one time endued by the prosperity of the consumer society