Author: John William RepsPublisher: University of Missouri Press
ISBN: 0826204163
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 594
Book Description
Union list catalog of the lithographic views of cities and towns made during the 19th century.
Views and Viewmakers of Urban America
Author: John William RepsPublisher: University of Missouri Press
ISBN: 0826204163
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 594
Book Description
Union list catalog of the lithographic views of cities and towns made during the 19th century.
Ores to Metals
Author: James FellPublisher: University Press of Colorado
ISBN: 1457109808
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 367
Book Description
This comprehensive treatment of the smelting industry of Colorado, originally published in 1979, is now back in print with a new preface by the author. Packed with fascinating statistics and mining data, Ores to Metals details the people, technologies, and business decisions that have shaped the smelting industry in the Rockies. Although mining holds more of the glamour for those in and interested in the minerals industry, smelters have continuously played a critical role in the industry's evolution since their introduction in Colorado in the 1860s. At that time, miners desperately needed new technology to recover gold and silver from ores resistant to milling. Beginning as small independent enterprises, progressing to larger integrated firms working in urban centers, and finally following a trend toward mergers, the entire industry was absorbed into one large holding company - the American Smelting and Refining Company. Over time, fortunes were won and lost, business success was converted to political success, and advances were made in science and metallurgy. Drawing on archival material, Fell expertly presents the triumphs and troubles of the entrepreneurs who built one of the great industries of the West.
Colorado, United States, America
Author: Robert Orchard OldPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Colorado
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
Western Art, Western History
Author: Ron TylerPublisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806164425
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
For nearly half a century, celebrated historian Ron Tyler has researched, interpreted, and exhibited western American art. This splendid volume, gleaned from Tyler’s extensive career of connoisseurship, brings together eight of the author’s most notable essays, reworked especially for this volume. Beautifully illustrated with more than 150 images, Western Art, Western History tells the stories of key artists, both famous and obscure, whose provocative pictures document the people and places of the nineteenth-century American West. The artists depicted in these pages represent a variety of personalities and artistic styles. According to Tyler, each of them responded in unique ways to the compelling and exotic drama that unfolded in the West during the nineteenth century—an age of exploration, surveying, pleasure travel, and scientific discovery. In eloquent and engaging prose, Tyler unveils a fascinating cast of characters, including the little-known German-Russian artist Louis Choris, who served as a draftsman on the second Russian circumnavigation of the globe; the exacting and precise Swiss artist Karl Bodmer, who accompanied Prince Maximilian of Wied on his sojourn up the Missouri River; and the young American Alfred Jacob Miller, whose seemingly frivolous and romantic depictions of western mountain men and American Indians remained largely unknown until the mid-twentieth century. Other artists showcased in this volume are John James Audubon, George Caleb Bingham, Alfred E. Mathews, and, finally, Frederic Remington, who famously sought to capture the last glimmers of the “old frontier.” A common thread throughout Western Art, Western History is the important role that technology—especially the development of lithography—played in the dissemination of images. As the author emphasizes, many works by western artists are valuable not only as illustrations but as scientific documents, imbued with cultural meaning. By placing works of western art within these broader contexts, Tyler enhances our understanding of their history and significance.
Chronicling the West for Harper's
Author: Claudine ChalmersPublisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806150610
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
The opening of the West after the Civil War drew a flood of Americans and immigrants to the frontier. Among the liveliest records of the westering of the 1870s is the series of prints collected for the first time in this book. Chronicling the West for Harper’s showcases 100 illustrations made for the weekly magazine by French artists Paul Frenzeny and Jules Tavernier on a cross-country assignment in 1873 and 1874. The pair—“Frenzeny & Tavernier,” as they signed their work—documented the newly accessible territories, their diverse inhabitants, and the changing frontier. Historian Claudine Chalmers focuses on the life and work of Frenzeny and Tavernier, who were accomplished and adventurous enough to succeed as “special artists,” the label Harper’s Weekly gave the illustrators it sent into the field. The job required imagination, courage, and adaptability, not to mention expert draftsmanship. Frenzeny, a skilled artist who accepted his adopted country’s many cultures, was also a superb horseman. Tavernier had been trained to work fast in a variety of media. Both men had the advantage of viewing America with fresh eyes. They began their artistic record in the East with An Emigrant Boarding-House in New York. Their journey ended in San Francisco, where they sketched the city’s bustling Chinatown and pastoral Marin County suburbs. Along with each illustration, the artists sent Harper’s a description; those captions are reproduced here. Frenzeny and Tavernier documented the frontier as it evolved. They depicted the hazards of travel and settlement, from fires to destitution, and presented disconcerting subject matter—such as the Sioux Sun Dance—in relentless detail. Their skill has made some of their drawings, among them The Strike in the Coal Mine, classics of American culture. With pencil and woodblock, Chalmers shows, these intrepid Frenchmen shaped public perceptions of the West for decades to come.
Catalog
Author: Yale University. Library. Yale Collection of Western AmericanaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : West (U.S.)
Languages : en
Pages : 642
Book Description
Catalogue
Author: Finding List of Books Except Fiction in the Public Library of the City of Dener with Author and Subject Indexes
Author: Denver Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Non-fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 620
Book Description
The Frank T. Siebert Library of the North American Indian and the American Frontier: Auction, Thursday, October 28, 1999 at 10:no. 15 am and 2 pm
Author: Sotheby's (Firm)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Auction catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
A catalog of Frank T. Siebert's library of the North American Indian as sold by Sotheby's during auctions in 1999.
National Union Catalog
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
Includes entries for maps and atlases