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Author: Philadelphia Museum of Art Publisher: Philadelphia Museum (PA) ISBN: Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 704
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This comprehensive and fully illustrated volume of the complete 1976 Bicentennial exhibition is a major reference work for the arts of Philadelphia. The art and history of the city and its environs are chronologically presented through every medium. Over 500 paintings, sculptures, architecture, prints, drawings, photos, silver and pewter, furniture, ceramics, glass anymore are placed in context.
Author: Christian DuComb Publisher: University of Michigan Press ISBN: 0472123017 Category : Performing Arts Languages : en Pages : 201
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Haunted City explores the history of racial impersonation in Philadelphia from the late eighteenth century through the present day. The book focuses on select historical moments, such as the advent of the minstrel show and the ban on blackface makeup in the Philadelphia Mummers Parade, when local performances of racial impersonation inflected regional, national, transnational, and global formations of race. Mummers have long worn blackface makeup during winter holiday celebrations in Europe and North America; in Philadelphia, mummers’ blackface persisted from the colonial period well into the twentieth century. The first annual Mummers Parade, a publicly sanctioned procession from the working-class neighborhoods of South Philadelphia to the city center, occurred in 1901. Despite a ban on blackface in the Mummers Parade after civil rights protests in 1963–64, other forms of racial and ethnic impersonation in the parade have continued to flourish unchecked. Haunted City combines detailed historical research with the author’s own experiences performing in the Mummers Parade to create a lively and richly illustrated narrative. Through its interdisciplinary approach, Haunted City addresses not only theater history and performance studies but also folklore, American studies, critical race theory, and art history. It also offers a fresh take on the historiography of the antebellum minstrel show.
Author: Joseph J. Rishel Publisher: ISBN: 9780876332504 Category : Art, Colonial Languages : en Pages : 0
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By the end of the 16th century, Europe, Africa, and Asia were connected to North and South America via a vast network of complex trade routes. This led, in turn, to dynamic cultural exchanges between these continents and a proliferation of diverse art forms in Latin America. This monumental book transcends geographic boundaries and explores the history of the confluence of styles, materials, and techniques among Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas through the end of the colonial era--a period marked by the independence movements, the formation of national states, and the rise of academic art. Written by distinguished international scholars, essays cover a full range of topics, including city planning, iconography in painting and sculpture, East-West connections, the power of images, and the role of the artist. Beautifully illustrated with some three hundred works--many published for the first time--this book presents a spectacular selection of decorative arts, textiles, silver, sculpture, painting, and furniture. Scholarly entries on each of the works highlight the various cultural influences and differences throughout this vast region. This groundbreaking book also includes an illustrated chronology, informative maps, and an exhaustive bibliography and is sure to set a new standard in the field of Latin American studies. --Publisher description.
Author: gestalten Publisher: Gestalten ISBN: 9783967040111 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 288
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Thanks to art's ability to communicate and influence, it has always had a charged relationship with activism and politics. And, given the tumultuous times in which we live, with traditional democracies being challenged from all sides, the changing climate, global movements for social justice, and political upheaval causing millions to search for a better life abroad, this relationship has never been more important. The Art of Protest will explore the connection between art, politics, and activism today, revealing how, over the past decade, artists have been engaging with political and social issues of all kinds, through different artistic mediums.
Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art ISBN: 0810918692 Category : Art nouveau Languages : en Pages : 201
Author: George E. Thomas Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press ISBN: 9781568982205 Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 388
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"Price, a disciple of Frank Furness who practiced in Philadelphia from 1883 to 1916, established the character of two of the nation's greatest resorts, Atlantic City and Miami, thus shaping the architecture of the Roaring Twenties.
Author: Constance Kimmerle Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press ISBN: 9780812238433 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 148
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In this definitive study of Pennsylvania impressionism's leading artist, Constance Kimmerle offers both an accessible biographical study of Edward Redfield (1869-1965) as well as a rich discussion of his role in the changes that swept the American art world of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Author: Elizabeth C. Cromley Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press ISBN: 9780870498725 Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 292
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Features 18 essays by scholars in the fields of folklore, architectural history, urban history, preservation, archaeology, and geography, tackling a variety of building types and interpretive issues within the broad themes of gender, economic and social institutions, ethnicity and race, popular culture, and rural and urban geographies. Bandw illustrations. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author: Amy Beth Werbel Publisher: Yale University Press ISBN: 9780300116557 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 220
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The life and work of Thomas Eakins (1844–1916), America’s most celebrated portrait painter, have long generated heated controversy. In this fresh and deeply researched interpretation of the artist, Amy Werbel sets Eakins in the context of Philadelphia’s scientific, medical, and artistic communities of the 19th century, and considers his provocative behavior in the light of other well-publicized scandals of his era. This illuminating perspective provides a rich, alternative account of Eakins and casts entirely new light on his renowned paintings. Eakins’ modern critics have described his artistic motivations and beliefs as prurient and even pathological. Werbel challenges these interpretations and suggests instead that Eakins is best understood as an artist and teacher devoted to an exacting and profound study of the human body, to equality for women and men, and to middle-class meritocratic and Quaker philosophies.
Author: Philadelphia Museum of Art
Author: Philadelphia Museum of Art
Author: Christian DuComb
Author: Joseph J. Rishel
Author: gestalten
Author: Lloyd Goodrich
Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Author: George E. Thomas
Author: Constance Kimmerle
Author: Elizabeth C. Cromley
Author: Amy Beth Werbel