Download or read book Two Hundred Years of American Sculpture written by Tom Armstrong and published by . This book was released on 1980-01-01 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book 200 Years of American Sculpture written by Tom Armstrong and published by [Boston] : D. R. Godine. This book was released on 1976 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated, historical and critical survey of sculpture in America, beginning with a discussion of the sculpture of the aboriginal inhabitants and augmented by brief biographies of the sculptors noted.
Download or read book Two Hundred Years of American Sculpture written by Tom Armstrong and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Represent written by Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Represent: 200 years of African American art,' Philadelphia Museum of Art, January 10-April 5, 2015"--Title-page vers
Download or read book Two Centuries of Black American Art written by David C. Driskell and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book represents a major event in the art world. It is the first book to encompass the entire span and range of black art in America, from unknown artisans and journeymen painters of the 18th century to such internationally admired 19th-century artists as Edward M. Bannister, Edmonia Lewis, and Henry Ossawa Tanner, through the artists of the dynamic "Harlem Renaissance" of the 1920s, and up to Horace Pippin, Jacob Lawrence, and Romare Bearden ... and reproduces works, chronologically arranged, by all the 63 artists in the show, their paintings, sculptures, graphics, as well as crafts ranging from dolls to walking sticks" --
Download or read book Frankenstein written by Christopher Frayling and published by Reel Art Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will trace the journey of Shelley's Frankenstein from limited edition literature to the bloodstream of contemporary culture. It includes new research on the novel's origins, with a reprint of the earliest-known version of the creation scene; visual material on adaptations for the stage, in magazines, on playbills, in prints and in book publications of the nineteenth century; series of visual essays on many of the film versions and their inspirations in the history of art; and Frankenstein in popular culture on posters, advertisements, packaging, in comics and graphic novels.
Download or read book 200 Years of American Illustration written by Henry Clarence Pitz and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first comprehensive study of the entire history of of illustration in America. It is based upon the exhaustive bicentennial exhibition organized by The Society of Illustrators and shown at the New-York Historical Society. That exhibition gathered more than 900 examples of the best original works of art created for reproduction and virtually all of them are in this book, about 350 of them in full color. --book jacket.
Download or read book Two Hundred Years of American Art written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Yosemite written by Amy Scott and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2006-10-30 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited work offers a different view of Yosemite's visual history by presenting 200 works of art together with essays that explore the intersections between art and nature. Integrating the work of Native people, this work provides an inclusive view of the artists who helped create an icon of the American wilderness.
Download or read book Two Hundred Years of American Art written by Wayne Craven and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 1986 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two introductory essays and 82 artworks cover the history of American art from the mid-eighteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries.
Download or read book Charles Burchfield written by Colleen Lahan Makowski and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For scholars exploring the career of American artist Charles Burchfield and the period in which he worked (1893-1967), this book provides access to listings of his exhibitions and museum collections where his art can be found along with books, articles, films, and exhibition catalogs.
Download or read book The Art of American Book Covers 1875 1930 written by Richard Minsky and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2013-08-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now available in paperback, "…this is one book you don't want to miss.” – Fine Books & Collections Magazine At the turn of the nineteenth century, book covers were revered as works of art. Publishers commissioned distinguished artists such as Maxfield Parrish and Rockwell Kent to create exquisite covers appreciated by authors and readers alike. The Art of American Book Covers is an entertaining and educational retrospective, lavishly illustrated with more than one hundred full-color plates.
Download or read book American Sculpture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art A catalogue of works by artists born between 1865 and 1885 written by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art (Ha. This book was released on 1999 with total page 788 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the second volume of a two-volume set that records the distinguished collection of late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century American sculpture in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The book presents nearly two hundred works by seventy sculptors. The sculptors include Paul Wayland Bartlett, Adolph Alexander Weinman, Bessie Potter Vannoh, James Earle Fraser, Max Weber, Elie Nadelman, Jos� de Creeft, Malvina Hoffman, Hugo Robus and John Henry Bradley Storrs. A biography of each of the sculptors summarizes the artist’s life, and catalogue entries discuss each of the objects treated in this volume in terms of its subject and creation, its place in the artist’s oeuvre, other extant versions of the work, and its complete exhibition history after it entered the Metropolitan’s collection. The biographies and catalogue entries incorporate the very latest scholarship as well as the wealth of archival material at the Museum to present a brief but thorough and up-to-date documentation of each artist and work.
Download or read book In American Waters written by Daniel Finamore and published by University of Arkansas Press. This book was released on 2021-05-28 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "For over 200 years, artists have been inspired to capture the beauty, violence, poetry and transformative power of the sea in American life. Oceans play a key role in American society no matter where we live, and the sea continues to inspire painters today to capture its mystery and power. In American Waters reveals that marine painting is so much more than ship portraits. In this exhibition, visitors will also discover the sea as an expansive way to reflect on American culture and environment, learn how coastal and maritime symbols moved inland across the United States, and question what it means to be "in American waters." Be transported across time and water on the wave of a diverse range of modern and historical artists including Georgia O'Keeffe, Amy Sherald, Kay WalkingStick, Norman Rockwell, Hale Woodruff, Paul Cadmus, Thomas Hart Benton, Jacob Lawrence, Valerie Hegarty, Stuart Davis, and many others"--Publisher's website
Download or read book Great American Sculptures written by William J. Clark and published by Rarebooksclub.com. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1878 edition. Excerpt: ...who have drifted into art from other pursuits. It education, notwithstanding that we have a number of art schools and academies in operation; thirty or forty years ago it was an impossibility. Considering the disadvantages under which they have labored it is really wonderful that American artists, and especially American sculptors, have succeeded in doing such very excellent work as they must be credited with. A sculptor, even more than a painter, needs exactly the kind of training that can only be obtained in a school where the human form is made the basis of study. Dealing with the human form almost exclusively, it is essential that he should study it from a constant succession of living examples. The antiques, it is true, will teach him much, bat there is a great deal that they cannot teach him. Even, however, were it 'possible for a student to learn all that need be learned from the antiques, the fact that a close and exclusive study of them invariably has the effect of stifling real invention and real originality, and of inducing the artist to become a mere copyist of men long dead and gone, is of itself sufficient to compel a sculptor who wishes to preserve his own individuality, to go to the fountain-head from which the great master artists of the classic period drew their inspiration. Rogers when he decided to be a sculptor went to Rome, for it was there that the best opportunities were offered, both for the study of nature and of the noblest remains of antique art. He studied hard for several years, and he then came before the public with two statues which at once gained him celebrity, and placed him in the front rank of the sculptors of the day. These statues were a Boy and a Dog and Nydia the Blind Girl of Pompeii. The last...
Download or read book Encyclopedia of American Folk Art written by Gerard C. Wertkin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-08-02 with total page 1583 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For a full list of entries, contributors, and more, visit the Encyclopedia of American Folk Art web site. This is the first comprehensive, scholarly study of a most fascinating aspect of American history and culture. Generously illustrated with both black and white and full-color photos, this A-Z encyclopedia covers every aspect of American folk art, encompassing not only painting, but also sculpture, basketry, ceramics, quilts, furniture, toys, beadwork, and more, including both famous and lesser-known genres. Containing more than 600 articles, this unique reference considers individual artists, schools, artistic, ethnic, and religious traditions, and heroes who have inspired folk art. An incomparable resource for general readers, students, and specialists, it will become essential for anyone researching American art, culture, and social history.
Download or read book The American Art Book written by and published by Phaidon Press Limited. This book was released on 1999 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering three centuries, this vibrant, fresh overview ranges from Puritan portraits to the American Impressionists to the videos and digital works of today's most intriguing conceptual artists. 500 color illustrations.
