Author: Detroit Institute of ArtsPublisher:
ISBN: 9781555951429
Category : Detroit Institute of Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Works by Artists Born 1816-1847
Author: Detroit Institute of ArtsPublisher:
ISBN: 9781555951429
Category : Detroit Institute of Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
American Paintings in the Detroit Institute of Arts: Forging a modern identity : masters of American painting born after 1847
Author: Detroit Institute of ArtsPublisher: American Paintings in the Detr
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
This long-awaited publication, the third in a series of titles co-published with the Detroit Institute of Arts, completes the study of American paintings in the museum's outstanding collection with 129 colour images of works by artist born after 1847. The American art collection at Detroit covers a broad range of artistic endeavours, but the strength of the American holdings is the painting collection. Especially strong are those paintings from the latter part of the 19th century and the beginnings of the 20th, which are the focus of this volume. Signature works featured in this book include Sargent'sMadame Paul Poirson andMosquito Nets, Chase'sYield of the Waters, Hassam'sPlace Centrale andFort Cabanas, Havana, Dewing'sThe Recitation, Sloan'sMcSorley's Bar, and Hartley'sLog Jam, Penobscot Bay.
American Paintings in the Detroit Institute of Arts
Author: Detroit Institute of ArtsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Painting
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
An American Collection
Author: Amon Carter Museum of Western ArtPublisher: Hudson Hills
ISBN: 9781555951986
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
"Amon G. Carter (1879-1955) is one of the legendary men of Texas history. Born in a log cabin, he was self-made, becoming Fort Worth's leading citizen and champion. He developed an interest in the art of Frederic Remington and Charles M. Russell through his friendship with Will Rogers. Carter's will provided for the establishment of a museum in Fort Worth devoted to the art of the American West. While the museum holds the most significant collection anywhere of works by Remington and Russell and is a pioneer in the field of western studies, it has evolved into one of the great museums of American art as a whole, focusing on artists working on successive frontiers, aesthetic as well as geographic. Its photography collection alone has grown to nearly one-quarter of a million objects." "The museum, designed by noted architect Philip Johnson, opened to the public in 1961. On the occasion of its fortieth anniversary, a substantially expanded building, also designed by Mr. Johnson, was inaugurated. This volume relates the museum's history and presents color and duotone illustrations of 125 of its masterworks dating from 1822 to 1998 (paintings, sculpture, prints, watercolors, pastels, drawings, and photographs), with an essay about each and a biography of each artist. It includes a number of landmark works recently added to the collection and unveiled here for the first time: paintings by John Singer Sargent, Stuart Davis, and Marsden Hartley; sculpture by Alexander Calder and Louise Nevelson; a daguerreotype by Southworth and Hawes; and photographs by Alfred Stieglitz, David Smith, Robert Adams, and Linda Connor."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
American Paintings in the Detroit Institute of Arts: Works by artists born before 1816
Author: Detroit Institute of ArtsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Showcases great collection of American painting; Library Journal Starred review.
An Uncommon Vision
Author: Des Moines Art CenterPublisher: Hudson Hills
ISBN: 9781879003200
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
This magnificent volume marks the fiftieth anniversary of this museum and art school housed in buildings designed by world-renowned architects Eliel Saarinen, I.M. Pei, and Richard Meier. Illustrated essays cover the history of the Center and its distinguished architecture. Colorplates and commentary present more than 100 masterpieces of 20th-century art and tribal arts.
American Dreams
Author: Williams College. Museum of ArtPublisher: Hudson Hills
ISBN: 9781555952105
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Williams College, in Williamstown, MA, has collected art since the mid-19th century. In this chronological journey through American art in all media, each of 56 highlighted objects from the museum receives a mini-essay of several hundred words, signed by contributors who frequently are the acknowledged experts on particular artists or works. A full factual entry on each work appears at the back of the book, preceded by extremely brief summaries of the acquisitions histories of the overall collection's painting, drawing, sculpture, Williams portraits, prints, photographs, posters, and decorative arts. College alumni donated many items, including collections on Rube Goldberg, Thomas Nast, and the Prendergasts. This is not the definitive book on American art, but it is an excellent survey with many interesting objects not commonly reproduced. For art history collections. 64 colour & 65 b/w illustrations
George Washington
Author: Barbara J. MitnickPublisher: Hudson Hills
ISBN: 9781555951481
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
It is also an image that has resisted fundamental revision over the course of two centuries because of the force of Washington's character, the clarity of his political purposes, and the intensity of his charisma.
After Whistler
Author: Linda MerrillPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300101252
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
This illustrated book - published to commemorate the centenary of the artist's death - addresses Whistler's extraordinary legacy and establishes his pivotal place in the history of American art.
Hudson River School
Author: Amy EllisPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300101163
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
A breathtaking selection of works from the largest and finest collection of Hudson River paintings in the world Hudson River School paintings are among America's most admired and well-loved artworks. Such artists as Thomas Cole, Frederic Church, and Albert Bierstadt left a powerful legacy to American art, embodying in their epic works the reverence for nature and the national idealism that prevailed during the middle of the nineteenth century. This book features fifty-seven major Hudson River School paintings from the collection of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, recognized as the most extensive and finest in the world. Gorgeously and amply illustrated, the book includes paintings by all the major figures of the Hudson River School. Each work is beautifully reproduced in full color and is accompanied by a concise description of its significance and historical background. The book also includes artists' biographies and a brief introduction to American nineteenth-century landscape painting and the Wadsworth Atheneum's unique role in collecting Hudson River pictures.