Download or read book Empire on Display written by Sarah J. Moore and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2013-05-31 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world’s fair of 1915 celebrated both the completion of the Panama Canal and the rebuilding of San Francisco following the devastating 1906 earthquake and fire. The exposition spotlighted the canal and the city as gateways to the Pacific, where the American empire could now expand after its victory in the Spanish-American War. Empire on Display is the first book to examine the Panama-Pacific International Exposition through the lenses of art history and cultural studies, focusing on the event’s expansionist and masculinist symbolism. The exposition displayed evidence—visual, spatial, geographic, cartographic, and ideological—of America’s imperial ambitions and accomplishments. Representations of the Panama Canal play a central role in Moore’s argument, much as they did at the fair itself. Embodying a manly empire of global dimensions, the canal was depicted in statues and a gigantic working replica, as well as on commemorative stamps, maps, murals, postcards, medals, and advertisements. Just as San Francisco’s rebuilding symbolized America’s will to overcome the forces of nature, the Panama Canal represented the triumph of U.S. technology and sheer determination to realize the centuries-old dream of opening a passage between the seas. Extensively illustrated, Moore’s book vividly recalls many other features of the fair, including a seventy-five-foot-tall Uncle Sam. American railroads, in their heyday in 1915, contributed a five-acre scale model of Yellowstone, complete with miniature geysers that erupted at regular intervals. A mini–Grand Canyon featured a village where some twenty Pueblo Indians lived throughout the fair. Moore interprets these visual and cultural artifacts as layered narratives of progress, civilization, social Darwinism, and manliness. Much as the globe had ostensibly shrunk with the completion of the Panama Canal, the Panama-Pacific International Exposition compressed the world and represented it in miniature to celebrate a reinvigorated, imperial, masculine, and technologically advanced nation. As San Francisco bids to host another world’s fair, in 2020, Moore’s rich analytic approach gives readers much to ponder about symbolism, American identity, and contemporary parallels to the past.
Download or read book Empire on Display written by Sarah J. Moore and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2013-05-31 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world’s fair of 1915 celebrated both the completion of the Panama Canal and the rebuilding of San Francisco following the devastating 1906 earthquake and fire. The exposition spotlighted the canal and the city as gateways to the Pacific, where the American empire could now expand after its victory in the Spanish-American War. Empire on Display is the first book to examine the Panama-Pacific International Exposition through the lenses of art history and cultural studies, focusing on the event’s expansionist and masculinist symbolism. The exposition displayed evidence—visual, spatial, geographic, cartographic, and ideological—of America’s imperial ambitions and accomplishments. Representations of the Panama Canal play a central role in Moore’s argument, much as they did at the fair itself. Embodying a manly empire of global dimensions, the canal was depicted in statues and a gigantic working replica, as well as on commemorative stamps, maps, murals, postcards, medals, and advertisements. Just as San Francisco’s rebuilding symbolized America’s will to overcome the forces of nature, the Panama Canal represented the triumph of U.S. technology and sheer determination to realize the centuries-old dream of opening a passage between the seas. Extensively illustrated, Moore’s book vividly recalls many other features of the fair, including a seventy-five-foot-tall Uncle Sam. American railroads, in their heyday in 1915, contributed a five-acre scale model of Yellowstone, complete with miniature geysers that erupted at regular intervals. A mini–Grand Canyon featured a village where some twenty Pueblo Indians lived throughout the fair. Moore interprets these visual and cultural artifacts as layered narratives of progress, civilization, social Darwinism, and manliness. Much as the globe had ostensibly shrunk with the completion of the Panama Canal, the Panama-Pacific International Exposition compressed the world and represented it in miniature to celebrate a reinvigorated, imperial, masculine, and technologically advanced nation. As San Francisco bids to host another world’s fair, in 2020, Moore’s rich analytic approach gives readers much to ponder about symbolism, American identity, and contemporary parallels to the past.
Download or read book Jewel City written by James A. Ganz and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2015-10-17 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Timed with the centennial of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition (PPIE) of 1915, Jewel City presents a large and representative selection of artworks from the fair, emphasizing the variety of paintings, sculptures, photographs, and prints that greeted attendees. It is unique in its focus on the works of art that were scattered among the venues of the expositionÑthe most comprehensive art exhibition ever shown on the West Coast. Notably, the PPIE included the first American presentations of Italian Futurism, Austrian Expressionism, and Hungarian avant-garde painting, and there were also major displays of paintings by prominent Americans, especially those working in the Impressionist style. This lavishly illustrated catalogue features works by masters such as Winslow Homer, John Singer Sargent, Claude Monet, Paul CŽzanne, Robert Henri, Edward Weston, Imogen Cunningham, Edvard Munch, Oskar Kokoschka, Umberto Boccioni, and many more. The volume also explores the PPIEÕs distinctive murals program, developments in the art of printmaking, and the legacy of the French Pavilion, which hosted an abundance of works by Auguste Rodin and inspired the founding and architecture of the Legion of Honor museum in San Francisco. A rich and fascinating study of a critical moment in American and European art history, Jewel City is indispensable for understanding both the United StatesÕ and CaliforniaÕs role in the reception of modernism as well as the regionÕs historical place on the international art stage. Published in association with the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Exhibition dates: de Young Museum, San Francisco: October 17, 2015ÐJanuary 10, 2016
Download or read book The Panama Pacific International Exposition written by and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume summarizes the plan for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition and assures us that it will open on time.
Download or read book Panama Pacific Universal Exposition San Francisco 1915 written by Panama-Pacific International Exposition. Information Bureau and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pamphlet is a promotion for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition and planned exhibits.
Download or read book The Panama Pacific International Exposition at San Francisco 1915 written by Panama-Pacific International Exposition Company and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Panama Pacific International Exposition written by and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The item is a small novelty souvenir viewbook designed to look like a suitcase with a string handle. The suitcase opens up to display 15 attached, folded halftone photographic views of the San Francisco area. The inside cover is printed "Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, California, 1916." The outside includes the words, "Foster & Orear Confectioners."
Download or read book The Universal Exposition of 1915 written by Panama-Pacific International Exposition Company and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book San Francisco s Panama Pacific International Exposition written by William Lipsky and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exhibition celebrated the opening of the Panama Canal, the rebirth of San Francisco after the disastrous 1906 earthquake, and the world community in general. It was a festive time and one that transformed the swampy San Francisco waterfront into elaborate grounds for sculptures, playgrounds, fountains, and national pavilions. Some say it was the most successful world's fair ever held, bringing together disparate cultures as no other event before or since. Lasting 10 months and covering 635 acres over what is now the city's Marina District, the fair remains in evidence today at the famed Palace of Fine Arts, the only extant structure and a popular and much-photographed local landmark.
Download or read book San Francisco 1915 World s Fair written by Mark Bussler and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-05-08 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A magical city sat next to the San Francisco Bay in 1915 to celebrate the construction of the Panama Canal and America's success in the World. Known as the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, The San Francisco World's Fair was a massive event that entertained more than 18 million people who visited the Western United States while The Great War raged across the World in Europe. More than 20 countries participated and enthralled guests with a visionary display of palaces, technological achievements and art. The Panama-Pacific International Exposition Company first printed this book as "The Blue Book" in 1915, a lavish celebration of the success of the fair. Restored by World's Fair historian, Mark Bussler (Director of Expo: Magic of the White City and author of The World's Fair of 1893 Ultra Massive Photographic Adventure Series), this massive reprinting preserves the original pictures, text, and type font while adding new spreads and modern layouts.
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Download or read book 1915 San Francisco World s Fair in Color written by Mark Bussler and published by Cgr Publishing. This book was released on 2021-07-16 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a colorful trip back to the 1915 San Francisco World's Fair with more than 130 gorgeous prints, postcards, illustrations, and detailed maps from the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. Just a few years after the 1906 earthquake nearly destroyed San Francisco, the city rebuilt and hosted more than 18 million people from around the world to celebrate the completion of the greatest engineering project in the history of the modern world; The Panama Canal. This vivid book features: More than 130 restored images from the Panama-Pacific Exposition Softcover and hardcover options Full Size 8 1/2" x 11" pages Contemporary writing based on period guidebooks Rare postcards and contemporary colorful promotional guides Detailed maps of the Exposition Introduction from writer, Mark Bussler Bold retro-styled cover design This original book from writer and world's fair historian Mark Bussler guides readers through the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition with rare, colorful imagery and full-page illustrations of the Fair's grand palaces, courts, and statuary. With the assistance of contemporary maps from guidebooks, readers can get a sense of what it was like to be there by meandering through the Court of the Four Seasons, Avenue of Palms, and Espanade while admiring the Tower of Jewels and Calder's Fountain of Energy. The 1915 World's Fair was unlike anything that people from the time had ever seen before, with breathtaking architecture, electric lighting, and landscapes designed by the world's most renowned artists and architects. Includes: - History of the Panama-Pacific Exposition - San Francisco and California in 1915 - The Tower of Jewels - Column of Progress - South Gardens - Court of the Universe - Avenue of Palms - Festival Hall - Palace of Fine Arts - Palace of Horticulture - View of the Golden Gate (before the bridge!) - Arch of the Rising Sun - Arch of the Setting Sun - Numerous State Buildings - Numerous Foreign Country Buildings - Court of the Four Seasons - Palaces of Manufactures, Liberal Arts, Mines, and more... About the Author: 1915 San Francisco World's Fair is one of the premier 2021 projects from writer, artist, and commercial designer Mark Bussler, director of Expo: Magic of the White City narrated by Gene Wilder, and the documentary film Westinghouse. Bussler is the writer of more than 100 books, including 1904 St. Louis World's Fair: The Louisiana Purchase Exposition in Photographs, 1939 New York World's Fair: The World of Tomorrow in Photographs, 1901 Buffalo World's Fair: The Pan-American Exposition in Photographs, and The Worlds Fair of 1893 Ultra Massive Photographic Adventure Series. Bussler is an avid world's fair historian and artist. He founded CGR Publishing and works as the lead cover designer with more than 300 books to his credit, many with art styles inspired by guidebooks and promotional material from past world's fairs. He is also a manga and comic book artist and writer/creator of Robot Kitten Factory, Omega Ronin, Magnum Skywolf, and more. About the Publisher: The CGR Publishing Restoration Workshop uses a vast array of computers and digital scanners to restore, preserve, and enhance the classic works of writers and artists from the 19th century. Each new release includes display-quality covers, enlarged covers, and retro fonts. Select books include Dante's Inferno Retro Hell-Bound Edition, Gustave Doré's London: A Pilgrimage, The Complete Book of Birds, A Life of George Westinghouse, The Clock Book: A Detailed Illustrated Collection of Classic Clocks, The Aeroplane Speaks, and much more.
Download or read book The Panama Pacific International Exposition written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-11-10 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Panama-Pacific International Exposition: San Francisco, California, U. S. A.; February 20 to December 4, 1915 This responsibility was gladly accepted by San Francisco and California and the work of carrying out the duty to the nation was begun immediately. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Education Exhibits at the Panama Pacific International Exposition San Francisco Cal 1915 written by Will Carson Ryan and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
