Art - American - General

Canvasses past and contemporary problems of cultural representation and the relationship between the artist, the museum and society.Author: Susan PearceISBN-10: 048590005XISBN-13: 9780485900057Publisher: Athlone PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/13/2001Pages: 292Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.01lbsSize: 8.80h x 5.86w x 0.84d

Volume 1 in a series designed to act as a forum for the dissemination and discussion of new research currently being undertaken in the field of Museum Studies. The series aims to cover the whole museum field and to broadly address the history and...

A comprehensive view of the life, work, and ideas of one of the creative giants of modern American design Arriving in the United States in 1914, Viennese-born Paul T. Frankl (1886-1958) brought with him an outsider's fresh perspective and an enthusiasm for forging a...

This book examines the portrayal of themes of boundary crossing, itinerancy, relocation, and displacement in US genre paintings during the second half of the long nineteenth century (c. 1860-1910).Through four diachronic case studies, the book reveals how the high-stakes politics of mobility and identity...

The dynamic Neo-Mannerist images of painter and illustrator Frank Morrison (born 1971, lives in Atlanta) celebrate the resilience and dignity of African Americans in everyday life. A child of institutionalized racism in the US, he can testify that creativity and solidarity could never be...

Sweep is not a long poem or a series of short poems but a log of practice, determined / to find a structure to inhabit to bits. The form's generosity lets the bits live, passes them along, unforeseeable, irregular, and ordinary. It tells us...

Dive into the dynamic world of 19th-century American art with "Action In Art," a compelling exploration by William Holbrook Beard. This insightful work captures the essence of movement and emotion as conveyed through the artistic lens of one of America's notable painters. Explore the...

“The Home Book Of The Picturesque, Or, American Scenery, Art, And Literature” offers a rich tapestry of 19th-century American life, art, and natural beauty. This collection brings together insightful essays and vivid descriptions that capture the essence of the American landscape and its cultural...

American independent cinema has gained mainstream popularity in recent years as audiences tire of the bloated, clichéd spectacle of Hollywood films. But how independent are these movies? As John Berra contends in Declarations of Independence, the supposedly alternative film scene employs the same production...

Exploring the significance of metaphor in modern art "Where do the roots of art lie?" asked Der Sturm founder Herwarth Walden. "In the people? Behind the mountains? Behind the planets. He who has eyes to hear, feels." Walden's Der Sturm--the journal, gallery, performance venue,...

This book offers an accessible reference on epidemic and pandemic diseases that provides background information and history, explains why pandemics are a newly emerging threat, identifies the difficulties in coping with them, and provides hope in the form of modern medicine. Global Pandemic Threats:...

A Charleston Sketchbook, 1796-1806 is a book that showcases the beautiful and historic city of Charleston, South Carolina through the sketches of artist Charles Fraser. The book contains a collection of over 100 sketches that were created by Fraser during his time living in...

Still Life Painting in America is a comprehensive study of the history and evolution of still life painting in America. Written by Wolfgang Born, an art historian and curator, the book covers the period from the 17th century to the present day, exploring the...

Discover the captivating life and art of Hermann Stieffel in "Hermann Stieffel, Soldier Artist of the West." Edgar M. Howell chronicles the remarkable journey of this military artist, whose work provides a unique visual record of the American West. Stieffel's art offers invaluable insight...

Explore the breathtaking statuary of a bygone era with "Sculpture of the Exposition Palaces and Courts: Descriptive Notes on the Art of the Statuary at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition San Francisco" by Juliet James. This meticulously prepared print edition transports you to the heart...

This comprehensive book provides a deep insight into the lives and works of several renowned American artists. It offers a detailed analysis of their styles, techniques, and influences and showcases their masterpieces and contributions to American art. The book is a must-read for anyone...

Charles Reiffel (1862-1942) is widely regarded today as one of the foremost figures of the California plein air school of landscape painting. This book, accompanying an exhibition of the same name at The San Diego Museum of Art and San Diego History Center, aims...

Although he spends most of the year teaching and painting in Connecticut, internationally recognized artist Normand Chartier's heart lies in Maine, where he rents a cottage on Southport Island every summer and spends hours capturing the essence of the coast in his unique style....

A landmark study of the illustrations that originally accompanied now-classic works of American literary realism Though today we commonly read major works of nineteenth-century American literature in unillustrated paperbacks or anthologies, many of them first appeared as magazine serials, accompanied by ample illustrations that...

This book interprets the fiber art and craft-inspired sculpture by eight US and Latin American women artists whose works incite embodied affective experience. Grounded in the work of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari, John Corso-Esquivel posits craft as a material act of intuition. The...

Completely updated, the new edition of this acclaimed guide brings us 33 tours of public art, covering the length of the island, from the Cloisters and Harlem in northern Manhattan, to Central Park and the museum mile, to Rockefeller Center and Chelsea, and all...

"By 1966, the composer Virgil Thomson would write, "Truth is, there is no avant-garde today." How did the avant garde dissolve, and why? In this thought-provoking work, Stuart D. Hobbs traces the avant garde from its origins to its eventual appropriation by a conservative...

This summary essay and the heavily annotated bibliography covering the period from the first colonization to 1826 are primarily intended to aid the scholar and student by suggesting areas of further study and ways of expanding the conventional interpretations of early American history.Originally published...

The paradoxes of the American decadent movement in the 1890s and 1920s.Decadent Culture in the United States traces the development of the decadent movement in America from its beginnings in the 1890s to its brief revival in the 1920s. During the fin de siècle,...

A deeply personal meditation on the haunting power of American photos and films of the 1940s Wartime Kiss is a personal meditation on the haunting power of American photographs and films from World War II and the later 1940s. Starting with a stunning reinterpretation...

"The publication of Porter's letters marks an occasion for a renewed celebration of his painting and an appreciation of his quirky, indeed ornery, personality. Porter was a feisty correspondent, who fearlessly entered the intellectual discourse of his time."---From the introduction by David Lehman "In...

This book reveals a new history of the imagination told through its engagement with the body. Even as they denounced the imagination's potential for inviting luxury, vice, and corruption, American audiences avidly consumed a transatlantic visual culture of touring paintings, dioramas, gift books, and...

The Evolution of Taste in American Collecting is a new critical translation of René Brimo's classic study of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century patronage and art collecting in the United States. Originally published in French in 1938, Brimo's foundational text is a detailed examination of collecting...

In the 1970s, Manhattan's west side waterfront was a forgotten zone of abandoned warehouses and piers. Though many saw only blight, the derelict neighborhood was alive with queer people forging new intimacies through cruising. Alongside the piers' sexual and social worlds, artists produced work...

In the past few decades, thousands of new memorials to executed witches, victims of terrorism, and dead astronauts, along with those that pay tribute to civil rights, organ donors, and the end of Communism have dotted the American landscape. Equally ubiquitous, though until now...

Diego Rivera, Dorothea Lange, Adolfo Pérez Esquivel: Art and activism have long been intertwined, and the political fallout has resulted in an artistic canon riddled with historical holes. One of the most glaring omissions from most listings of American art masters is Ad Reinhardt...

In Of Texas Rivers and Texas Art, Andrew Sansom, a leading Texas conservationist, and William E. Reaves, an influential Texas art collector and historian, have teamed up to showcase some of the finest contemporary river art detailing the gorgeous traits of Texas landscapes. The...

A celebration of paintings and images exploring the beauty and strength of South Carolina's state treeWith its fanlike evergreen fronds, soft trunk, and strong root system, the palmetto is a wind-adapted palm that can bend with strong sea breezes without breaking or being uprooted....

Jesus, matadors, panthers, bandits, Native Americans, movie stars, waifs, and, of course, Elvis are recognized icons of the oft-despised, uber-kitsch art form of black velvet painting. In Black Velvet Art author Eric A. Eliason and photographer Scott Squire present a comprehensive overview of this...

On the historic 50th Anniversary, this reissued edition looks at the contemporary meanings and influences of images of the JFK assassination by filmmakers, photographers, and artistsAuthor: Art SimonISBN-10: 1439910448ISBN-13: 9781439910443Publisher: Temple University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/15/2013Pages: 290Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 8.90h x 5.20w x 0.60d

A biography of one of America's neglected grand masters.A Sicilian immigrant who trained at the Art Students League in New York, Jon Corbino (1905-1964) was one of the most influential members of the "Sarasota School" of art, a group of painters and artists, many...

""A History of Painting in Italy V3: Umbria, Florence and Siena, from the Second to the Sixteenth Century"" is a comprehensive book written by Joseph Archer Crowe. It is the third volume of a series that explores the history of painting in Italy. This...

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"The Social Ladder: Drawings by Charles Dana Gibson" presents a captivating glimpse into American high society at the turn of the 20th century. Through his masterful drawing and illustration, Charles Dana Gibson, creator of the iconic "Gibson Girl," offers a sharp yet charming social...

First book to explore schoolgirl needlework of the Connecticut River ValleyThe Connecticut River Valley was an important center for the teaching and production of embroidered pictures by young women in private academies from the mid-eighteenth to the early nineteenth century. This book identifies the...

Fugitive Testimony traces the long arc of the African American slave narrative from the eighteenth century to the present in order to rethink the epistemological limits of the form and to theorize the complicated interplay between the visual and the literary throughout its history....

During the 1960s and 1970s in New York City, young artists exploited an industrial wasteland to create spacious studios where they lived and worked, redefining the Manhattan area just south of Houston Street. Its use fueled not by city planning schemes but by word-of-mouth...

A lavishly illustrated overview of the life and work of realist painter Dale Kennington, featuring more than eighty-five of her most renowned works. Grandeur of the Everyday is the first full-length volume dedicated to the life and work of Dale Kennington--an accomplished master of...

Frederic Church (1826-1900), the most celebrated painter in the United States during the mid-19th century, created monumental landscapes of North and South America, the Arctic, and the Middle East. These paintings were unsurpassed in their attention to detail, yet the significance of this pictorial...

From ballet to burlesque, from the frontier jig to the jitterbug, Americans have always loved watching dance, whether in grand ballrooms, on Mississippi riverboats, or in the streets. Dance and American Art is an innovative look at the elusive, evocative nature of dance and...

The Amtrak Police Department (APD) is a federal law enforcement agency that provides security and law enforcement services for Amtrak, the national passenger train system in the United States.The Amtrak Police Department is responsible for the safety and security of Amtrak passengers, employees, and...

The New York Fire Department (FDNY) is the country s largest. It has an "all hazards" approach which includes medical emergencies and rescue operations.It is known for its extensive emergency response, including a massive emergency medical service (EMS) system and special units and its...

In the early 1900s, Corinne Mackall meets and falls in love with Gari Melchers, a renowned artist, while traveling to the Paris Salon. An accomplished artist in her own right, Corinne and Gari have much in common, and the two are soon married. Corinne...

A groundbreaking study of woven images in the medieval Mongol Yuan Empire and their enduring effect on Chinese and East Asian art East Asia's Yuan Empire (1271-1368), led by the nomadic Mongol people and Qubilai Khan (1215-1294), was marked by cross-cultural exchange and significant...

Mixed Media investigates Black and white artists' efforts toward racial integration, from the infamous 1931 Scottsboro Boys trial until Brown v. Board's 1954 desegregation of public schools. Each chapter attends to a distinctive visual ecology fostered by institutions and individuals committed to desegregation to...