Download or read book The Outdoor Sculpture of the Panama Pacific International Exposition written by Richard Harry Schaeffer and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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 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 The Sculpture Murals of the Panama Pacific International Exposition written by Panama-Pacific International Exposition Company and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Story of the Exposition written by Frank Morton Todd and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Series of volumes describe the Panama-Pacific International Exposition from idea to inception.
Download or read book The Great Exposition written by and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book San Francisco s Marina District written by William Lipsky and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When driving into San Francisco across the Golden Gate Bridge, the sweeping vistas and greenery gradually give way to the city's charming and inviting Marina District. This area is undoubtedly one of San Francisco's most picturesque and best-known neighborhoods and is famous for its aesthetic and historic appeal. Adjacent to the Presidio, the Golden Gate, and Chrissy Field, the Marina hosts a large number of Art Deco structures and the famed Palace of Fine Arts, a resplendent collection of buildings originally designed for the Panama Pacific International Exposition of 1915. The exposition was held to celebrate the opening of the Panama Canal, but also to show the world that San Francisco had recovered and rebuilt from the 1906 earthquake. The Marina rose from the site of the Pan Pacific to become one of the city's most desirable and recognizable districts, known for its architecture, culture, and dramatic waterfront setting.
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.
Download or read book Impressions of the Art at the Panama Pacific Exposition written by Christian Brinton and published by New York, John Lane Company. This book was released on 1916 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Commentary on the Panama-Pacific Exposition held San Francisco, 1915.
Download or read book Society of Six written by Nancy Boas and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-09-01 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six plein-air painters in Oakland, California, joined together in 1917 to form an association that lasted nearly fifteen years. The Society of Six—Selden Connor Gile, Maurice Logan, William H. Clapp, August F. Gay, Bernard von Eichman, and Louis Siegriest—created a color-centered modernist idiom that shocked establishment tastes but remains the most advanced painting of its era in Northern California. Nancy Boas's well-informed and sumptuously illustrated chronicle recognizes the importance of these six painters in the history of American Post-Impressionism. The Six found themselves in the position of an avant garde not because they set out to reject conventionality, but because they aspired to create their own indigenous modernism. While the artists were considered outsiders in their time, their work is now recognized as part of the vital and enduring lineage of American art. Depression hardship ended the Six's ascendancy, but their painterliness, use of color, and deep alliance with the land and the light became a beacon for postwar Northern California modern painters such as Richard Diebenkorn and Wayne Thiebaud. Combining biography and critical analysis, Nancy Boas offers a fitting tribute to the lives and exhilarating painting of the Society of Six.
Download or read book Panama Pacific International Exposition 1915 Souvenir Guide written by and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Pan American Exposition written by and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book San Francisco Bay Area Murals written by Tim Drescher and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The expanded and revised third edition of a popular visual collection, San Francisco Bay Area Murals captures the mural movement in all its rich detail. These remarkably expressive works of street art are meticulously captured and reviewed by a longtime scholar and aficionado of murals.
Download or read book Outdoor Sculpture in Baltimore written by Cindy Kelly and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2011-06-10 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the stories behind Baltimore's monuments. From the twentieth-century sculpture of the Inner Harbor's Baltimore Renaissance to the nineteenth-century splendor of Mount Vernon Place, this work invites us to see Baltimore in a fresh perspective.
Download or read book Hakone Estate and Gardens written by Ann Waltonsmith and Connie Young Yu and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2021-05-03 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Hakone Estate and Gardens, the jewel of the Silicon Valley, is 17 acres of landscape architecture designed as a hill-and-pond garden of ancient Japan. Visitors have unforgettable experiences at Hakone, from strolling in a bamboo forest to feeding the magnificent koi. ... The last private owners, six couples in partnership, sold Hakone to the City of Saratoga in 1966. The city established the Hakone Foundation in 2000 to conserve and enhance the gardens for the benefit of the public and to serve as a global forum for art, music, culture, and ideas."--Back cover
Download or read book Outdoor Sculpture in San Francisco written by Warren Radford and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains black and white photographs dating from the late 19th century to the present day. Provides a narrative text describing each sculpture's origin, materials and dimensions, biographical information about the sculptor, and a directory locating all the works.
Download or read book The Sculpture and Mural Decorations of the Exposition written by Stella G. S. Perry and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-11-29 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 'The Sculpture and Mural Decorations of the Exposition' by Stella G. S. Perry, the reader is transported to the vibrant atmosphere of the famous exposition through a detailed analysis of the sculpture and mural decorations. Perry's writing style is both insightful and engaging, providing a valuable glimpse into the artistic expression of the time. The book serves as an important piece of art history, shedding light on the significance of these artistic elements in the context of the exposition. Stella G. S. Perry, an esteemed art historian with a passion for uncovering the stories behind artistic creations, dives deep into the world of sculpture and murals to deliver a comprehensive study. Her expertise and meticulous research are evident in the meticulous details and thoughtful analysis presented throughout the book. Perry's dedication to preserving the legacy of these works of art is truly commendable. I highly recommend 'The Sculpture and Mural Decorations of the Exposition' to anyone interested in art history, particularly those fascinated by the impact of sculpture and murals in a historical context. Perry's expertise and passion shine through in this insightful work, making it a must-read for art enthusiasts.
