Author:
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Category : Fishing
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
American Woodsman
John James Audubon
Author: Gregory Nobles
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812248945
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
In John James Audubon: The Nature of the American Woodsman, Gregory Nobles shows that one of Audubon's greatest creations was himself. Nobles explores the central irony of Audubon's true nature: the man who took so much time and trouble to depict birds so carefully left us a bold but deceptive picture of himself.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812248945
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
In John James Audubon: The Nature of the American Woodsman, Gregory Nobles shows that one of Audubon's greatest creations was himself. Nobles explores the central irony of Audubon's true nature: the man who took so much time and trouble to depict birds so carefully left us a bold but deceptive picture of himself.
John James Audubon
Author: Gregory Nobles
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812293843
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
John James Audubon's The Birds of America stands as an unparalleled achievement in American art, a huge book that puts nature dramatically on the page. With that work, Audubon became one of the most adulated artists of his time, and America's first celebrity scientist. In this fresh approach to Audubon's art and science, Gregory Nobles shows us that Audubon's greatest creation was himself. A self-made man incessantly striving to secure his place in American society, Audubon made himself into a skilled painter, a successful entrepreneur, and a prolific writer, whose words went well beyond birds and scientific description. He sought status with the "gentlemen of science" on both sides of the Atlantic, but he also embraced the ornithology of ordinary people. In pursuit of popular acclaim in art and science, Audubon crafted an expressive, audacious, and decidedly masculine identity as the "American Woodsman," a larger-than-life symbol of the new nation, a role he perfected in his quest for transatlantic fame. Audubon didn't just live his life; he performed it. In exploring that performance, Nobles pays special attention to Audubon's stories, some of which—the murky circumstances of his birth, a Kentucky hunting trip with Daniel Boone, an armed encounter with a runaway slave—Audubon embellished with evasions and outright lies. Nobles argues that we cannot take all of Audubon's stories literally, but we must take them seriously. By doing so, we come to terms with the central irony of Audubon's true nature: the man who took so much time and trouble to depict birds so accurately left us a bold but deceptive picture of himself.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812293843
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
John James Audubon's The Birds of America stands as an unparalleled achievement in American art, a huge book that puts nature dramatically on the page. With that work, Audubon became one of the most adulated artists of his time, and America's first celebrity scientist. In this fresh approach to Audubon's art and science, Gregory Nobles shows us that Audubon's greatest creation was himself. A self-made man incessantly striving to secure his place in American society, Audubon made himself into a skilled painter, a successful entrepreneur, and a prolific writer, whose words went well beyond birds and scientific description. He sought status with the "gentlemen of science" on both sides of the Atlantic, but he also embraced the ornithology of ordinary people. In pursuit of popular acclaim in art and science, Audubon crafted an expressive, audacious, and decidedly masculine identity as the "American Woodsman," a larger-than-life symbol of the new nation, a role he perfected in his quest for transatlantic fame. Audubon didn't just live his life; he performed it. In exploring that performance, Nobles pays special attention to Audubon's stories, some of which—the murky circumstances of his birth, a Kentucky hunting trip with Daniel Boone, an armed encounter with a runaway slave—Audubon embellished with evasions and outright lies. Nobles argues that we cannot take all of Audubon's stories literally, but we must take them seriously. By doing so, we come to terms with the central irony of Audubon's true nature: the man who took so much time and trouble to depict birds so accurately left us a bold but deceptive picture of himself.
Audubon
Author: Stanley Clisby Arthur
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781494118044
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
This is a new release of the original 1937 edition.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781494118044
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
This is a new release of the original 1937 edition.
Audubon
Author: Stanley Clisby Arthur
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
ISBN: 9781436696258
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
ISBN: 9781436696258
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Audubon. An Intimate Life of the American Woodsman. [With Plates, Including Portraits, and a Bibliography.].
Author: Stanley Clisby Arthur
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 517
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 517
Book Description
Joe Scott, the Woodsman-songmaker
Author: Edward D. Ives
Publisher: Urbana : University of Illinois Press
ISBN:
Category : Composers
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
Publisher: Urbana : University of Illinois Press
ISBN:
Category : Composers
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
The "American Woodsman.".
Author: Marshall B. Davidson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American Frontier
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description
As the frontier moved westward and wildlife declined, the tireless Audubon drove himself to record its wonders.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American Frontier
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description
As the frontier moved westward and wildlife declined, the tireless Audubon drove himself to record its wonders.
John James Audubon
Author: Peggy Robbins
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ornithology
Languages : en
Pages : 6
Book Description
Audubon spent only part of his time painting birds. A greater portion he devoted to hunting, trapping, exploring, sketching, and describing the America he adopted and loved.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ornithology
Languages : en
Pages : 6
Book Description
Audubon spent only part of his time painting birds. A greater portion he devoted to hunting, trapping, exploring, sketching, and describing the America he adopted and loved.