Download or read book Art Work Scenes in South Carolina written by R. Means Davis and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book South Carolina Art written by South Carolina State Museum and published by . This book was released on 2011-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: South Carolina Art provides a unique view into distinctive aspects of South Carolina culture as represented by historically important artistic pieces gathered from around the state and housed in the collections of the State Museum. These glimpses into the state's art history reflect the diversity of artistic traditions in the Palmetto State and the lasting legacy of a pantheon of artists who, at one time or another, called South Carolina home. Organized by genre and featuring prints, drawings, watercolors, silhouettes, paintings, sculpture, and photography, these works span from a 1590 depiction of Native Americans in the New World to twentieth-century works contemplating social struggles in the modern South. From lowcountry sunsets to rural fieldworkers, South Carolina is frequently the setting for these pieces, but scenes of far-off places and long-ago times as well as abstract artistic visions are also peppered through the collection. Included are representative works by John James Audubon, John Bennett, Mark Catesby, Charles Fraser, William Halsey, Edwin A. Harleston, Lewis Hine, Anna Hyatt Huntington, Alfred Hutty, Richard Samuel Roberts, Alice Ravenel Huger Smith, Anna Heyward Taylor, Elizabeth O'Neil Verner, and many others. An extensive bibliography is also included for further study of these artists and their works.
Download or read book The Palmetto and Its South Carolina Home written by Jim Harrison and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 2013-02-19 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With 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. Emblematic of survival against opposition, the palmetto tree has captured the imaginations of South Carolinians for generations, appearing on the state seal since the American Revolution and on the state flag since 1861. The palmetto was named South Carolina's official state tree by Governor Burnet R. Maybank in 1939, and in 1974 Governor John C. West commissioned acclaimed South Carolina artist Jim Harrison to paint the official palmetto tree portrait for the State of South Carolina, an image that adorns the State House to this day. The Palmetto and Its South Carolina Home showcases the timeless, natural beauty of the state tree in marshland and coastal landscapes in the popular Harrison style. Appearing on glassware, stationery, jewelry, and many other decorative and functional objects, the palmetto tree is an omnipresent symbol in South Carolina culture. For Harrison, the palmetto remains foremost an icon of the wondrous Carolina coastal habitats. Sweeping images of the coast have been part of Harrison's art since the beginning of his career, and he continues to illustrate his love of the South Carolina coast by capturing the beauty of the state tree amid the many stunning and enchanting scenes included here. The Palmetto and Its South Carolina Home also explores the historical background of the tree and its many ties to South Carolina's heritage as a symbol of strength and beauty worthy of this artistic celebration.
Download or read book New Deal Art in South Carolina written by South Carolina State Museum and published by . This book was released on 2011-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Deal Art in South Carolina captures the struggles of South Carolina artists to depict the typical "American scene" while working within the restraints and expectations of government patronage. As part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal response to the crippling economic effects of the Great Depression, artists were hired through the U.S. Treasury Department's Public Works of Art Project (PWAP) to produce high-quality public art to reflect and enhance the American way of life. In South Carolina the PWAP commissioned eighteen artists, including established figures such as Ann Taylor Nash, Margaret Moore Walker, Eliza Mims, and Faith Murry as well as those just beginning their careers. They produced easel paintings, sculptures, and murals across the state, including Stefan Hirsch's controversial "Justice as Protector and Avenger" mural in the Aiken Federal Courthouse. The more extensive Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project (WPA/FAP) followed, offering a work-relief program with a broader range of projects, including illustrating publications for the Federal Writers' Project, restoring Charleston's historic Dock Street Theatre, and developing art education classes. Through insightful text and compelling images, this illustrated survey of New Deal art projects in South Carolina showcases the efforts to bring art into the daily lives of hardscrabble Southerners during tough economic times. Issues of race, power, and memory dominate these works of art, mirroring the influence of those themes on all facets of Southern culture then and now.
Download or read book The American Scene and the South written by Patricia Elaine Phagan and published by University of Georgia, Georgia Museum of Art. This book was released on 1996 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Produced in conjunction with an exhibition originating at the Georgia Museum of Art and scheduled for several venues during 1997. Thoroughly researched essays give an overview of the 1930s; discuss the Southern scene in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi, South Carolina, and North Carolina and Virginia; and address the subjects of WPA black printmakers, and views of the South by Northern artists. Illustrated with color and bandw plates. 11x9"Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book Working South written by Mary Whyte and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 2012-12-12 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dynamic artistry celebrating the diverse lives and labors of hardscrabble Southerners In Working South, renowned watercolorist Mary Whyte captures in exquisite detail the essence of vanishing blue-collar professions from across ten states in the American South with sensitivity and reverence for her subjects. From the textile mill worker and tobacco farmer to the sponge diver and elevator operator, Whyte has sought out some of the last remnants of rural and industrial workforces declining or altogether lost through changes in our economy, environment, technology, and fashion. She shows us a shoeshine man, a hat maker, an oysterman, a shrimper, a ferryman, a funeral band, and others to document that these workers existed and in a bygone era were once ubiquitous across the region. "When a person works with little audience and few accolades, a truer portrait of character is revealed," explains Whyte in her introduction. As a genre painter with skills and intuition honed through years of practice and toil, she shares much in common with the dedication and character of her subjects. Her vibrant paintings are populated by men and women, young and old, black and white to document the range Southerners whose everyday labors go unheralded while keeping the South in business. By rendering these workers amid scenes of their rough-hewn lives, Whyte shares stories of the grace, strength, and dignity exemplified in these images of fading southern ways of life and livelihood. Working South includes a foreword by Martha Severens, curator of the Greenville County Museum of Art in Greenville, South Carolina.
Download or read book Painting North Carolina written by Kimberlee C. Maselli and published by . This book was released on 2012-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book you will be treated to a magnificent selection of both studio and plein air works by nationally recognized and locally renowned artists. From their personal comments you will discover what attracted them to various scenes while learning about locations throughout the state. You may have had the opportunity to view photo books and tourist guides featuring North Carolina, but there is nothing as enlightening as seeing the location you love or have always wanted to visit through an artist's eye. The artists' view adds a whole new dimension and enhances our ability to appreciate our surroundings. The paintings within these pages remind us of the extraordinary beauty that surrounds us every day. With paintings by Brenda Behr, Scott Boyle, Allison Chambers, Lynda Chambers, Diana L. Coidan, Judy Crane, Karen Lee Crenshaw, Wyn Easton, Lou Everett, Sharon Forthofer, Dorothy (Dodi) Groesser, John Groesser, Jean Kolb Grunewald, Ann K. Hair, Nicole White Kennedy, Rose S. Kennedy, Kimberlee C. Maselli, Rick McCLure, Karen Meredith, Charles Movalli, Dan Nelson, David R. Oakley, Frank Pierce, Jeff Pittman, Patricia Pittman, John Poon, Mike Rooney, Marsha Sams Thrift, Dan Vaughan, Lori White, Dawn E. Whitelaw, Richard D. Wilson, Jr, and Jimmy Craig Womble II. About the Author: An award-winning artist, Kimberlee has received numerous national and international accolades. She is also a popular workshop instructor offering classes throughout the year, and can be seen exhibiting her work in many galleries across North Carolina and adjacent states, demonstrating at art exhibitions and featured in instructional videos. Kimberlee actively participates in the community to help foster the arts and is one of the founding members of PAINTNC.org, North Carolina's premiere plein air painting association. Her love for plein air motivated her previous book, Painting North Carolina: Impressions en Plein Air. The book was awarded a Gold Medal of Excellence in the 13th Annual International IPPY Competition and featured at Book Expo in New York City, the largest publishing event in North America. To view her paintings or learn about upcoming events, visit: www.KimberleeMaselli.com
Download or read book Scenic Impressions written by Estill Curtis Pennington and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 2015-12-16 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The radical changes wrought by the rise of the salon system in nineteenth-century Europe provoked an interesting response from painters in the American South. Painterly trends emanating from Barbizon and Giverny emphasized the subtle textures of nature through warm color and broken brush stroke. Artists' subject matter tended to represent a prosperous middle class at play, with the subtle suggestion that painting was indeed art for art's sake and not an evocation of the heroic manner. Many painters in the South took up the stylistics of Tonalism, Impressionism, and naturalism to create works of a very evocative nature, works which celebrated the Southern scene as an exotic other, a locale offering refuge from an increasingly mechanized urban environment. Scenic Impressions offers an insight into a particular period of American art history as borne out in seminal paintings from the holdings of the Johnson Collection of Spartanburg, South Carolina. By consolidating academic information on a disparate group of objects under a common theme and important global artistic umbrella, Scenic Impressions will underscore the Johnsons' commitment to illuminating the rich cultural history of the American South and advancing scholarship in the field, specifically examining some forty paintings created between 1880 and 1940, including landscapes and genre scenes. A foreword, written by Kevin Sharp, director of the Dixon Gallery and Gardens in Memphis, Tennessee, introduces the topic. Two lead essays, written by noted art historians Estill Curtis Pennington and Martha R. Severens, discuss the history and import of the Impressionist movement—abroad and domestically—and specifically address the school's influence on art created in and about the American South. The featured works of art are presented in full color plates and delineated in complementary entries written by Pennington and Severens. Also included are detailed artist biographies illustrated by photographs of the artists, extensive documentation, and indices. Featured artists include Wayman Adams, Colin Campbell Cooper, Elliott Daingerfield, G. Ruger Donoho, Harvey Joiner, John Ross Key, Blondelle Malone, Lawrence Mazzanovich, Paul Plaschke, Hattie Saussy, Alice Ravenel, Huger Smith, Anthony Thieme, and Helen Turner.
Download or read book Renaissance in Charleston written by James M. Hutchisson and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The essays tell how these and other individuals faced the tensions and contradictions of their time and place. While some traced their lineage back to the city's first families, others were relative newcomers. Some broke new ground racially and sexually as well as artistically; others perpetuated the myths of the Old South. Some were censured at home but praised in New York, London, and Paris. The essays also underscore the significance and growth of such cultural institutions as the Poetry Society of South Carolina, the Charleston Museum, and the Gibbes Art Gallery."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book Art Work of Scenes in North Carolina written by Alexander Graham and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Charleston in My Time written by West Fraser and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Through the oils of [West Fraser's] mature style ... he has achieved a level of spontaneity in the plein air tradition that captures the essence of the lowcountry." So concludes the essay by Angela D. Mack that leads everyone from connoisseurs to those who simply enjoy the artistic images of the South Carolina lowcountry into a visual feast to stir the senses. The first book of its kind dedicated to the work of this plein air impressionist, Charleston in My Time: The Paintings of West Fraser celebrates the passion and independence West Fraser exhibits in his work, his amazing eye for natural light and landscapes, and his love of Charleston and the lowcountry.
Download or read book Down Bohicket Road written by Mary Whyte and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 2012-11-30 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Artist Mary Whyte's Down Bohicket Road includes two decades worth of watercolors—depicting a select group of Gullah women of Johns Island, South Carolina, and their stories. In 1991, following Whyte's recovery from a year of treatment for cancer, she and her husband moved to a small sea island near Charleston, seeking a new home where they could reinvent themselves far removed from the hectic pace of Philadelphia. In this remote corner of the South, Whyte first met Alfreda LaBoard and her devoted group of seniors who gathered weekly to make quilts, study the Bible, and socialize in a small rural church on Bohicket Road. Descendants of lowcountry slaves, these longtime residents of the island influenced Whyte's life and art in astonishing and unexpected ways. Whyte soon began a series of watercolors depicting these women, honoring their lives and their dedication to family and faith. As her friendships with these women grew, their matriarch Alfreda LaBoard claimed Whyte as her "vanilla sister." Alfreda's World, a collection of Whyte's detailed watercolors and poignant recollections of the women at the senior center, was published a decade later, drawing attention and support from the community to the small church on Bohicket Road. Down Bohicket Road continues the story of Whyte's relationship with these extraordinary women, following the passing of Alfreda, against the backdrop of the ongoing commercial development of Johns Island. For Whyte, the heart of this community remains in the simple homes clustered along Bohicket Road, in the island's winding tidal creeks, and in a small church where eighteen hardscrabble women gather in fellowship each week. In her book Whyte illustrates that both watercolors and friendships can be the unpredictable results of an abundance of blessings. As shared through touching words and vibrant paintings, Down Bohicket Road celebrates a unique way of coastal life and a remarkable friendship that transcends all barriers—even death itself—in praise of the unifying power of art. All royalties from the sale of this book benefit the Hebron Saint Francis Senior Center on Johns Island.
Download or read book A Southern Collection written by and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 1993-02-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Southern Collection presents select masterworks from the permanent collection of the Morris Museum of Art on the occasion of the institution's inaugural exhibition. Drawn from a comprehensive survey collection of painting in the South from the late eighteenth century to the present day, the museum's opening exhibit explores an artistic terrain as rich and diverse as the South itself, arranged in categories that reflect critical chronological developments in the art world. A survey of painting activity in the South begins with the travels of itinerant portrait artists working prior to the Civil War. At the same time, landscape painting encompasses a sensitive response to the swamps, bayous and fertile fields of the South. Late in the nineteenth century strong and vivid genre painting competes with the nostalgic effects realized by Southern impressionists, whose shimmering, liquid images are invested with an elusive spirit of place. In this century, those strains of realism and naturalism that characterize the classic body of Southern writing appear in the representational art of painters who defied the modern abstract dictum. And finally, the exciting, compelling works of a current generation of both self-taught artists and sophisticated contemporary painters complete this fascinating, though sometimes neglected, chapter in American art history.
Download or read book South Carolina Art written by South Carolina State Museum and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Scenic Art for the Theatre written by Susan Crabtree and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2012-11-12 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in its Third Edition, Scenic Art for the Theatre: History, Tools and Techniques continues to be the most trusted source for both student and professional scenic artists. With new information on scenic design using Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro and other digital imaging softwares this test expands to offer the developing artist more step-by-step instuction and more practical techniques for work in the field. It goes beyond detailing job functions and discussing techniques to serve as a trouble-shooting guide for the scenic artist, providing practical advice for everyday solutions.
