Post-painterly Abstractionists most differed from Abstract Expressionists in which aspect of their work?

A) Injection of emotion
B) Color-field exercises
C) Cool, detached rationality
D) Non-Western influences

Post-painterly Abstractionists

Artists involved in a movement characterized by a focus on open compositions, simple structures, and clarity of form, reacting against the emotional content of Abstract Expressionism.

Abstract Expressionists

Artists who embraced a style of painting characterized by gestural brush-strokes or mark-making, conveying deep emotions and personal expression, prominent in the mid-20th century.

Detached Rationality

An approach or mindset characterized by objective, dispassionate reasoning, often separating emotional involvement from logical analysis.