Karal Ann Marling
Author
Series
Publisher
Taschen
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Norman Rockwell's work reveals as much about his own talents as they do about the story of 20th-century America. This . . . artist introduction brings together key paintings and illustrations from his . . . portfolio, as well as some more unusual works tackling the underside of the United States, to understand an . . . American artist, and the values and ideals that shaped his success"--Dust jacket.
Author
Publisher
National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution in association with the University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, N.M
Pub. Date
[1992]
Language
English
Description
This volume features 99 works by 39 young photographers dating from 1979. From the Edenic Arcadias to nuclear waste dump sites, it charts the diverse paths today's photographers are taking through the enigmatic terrain of contemporary America. The catalog also includes artist biographies and three topical essays: a historical review of landscape photography by Merry Foresta, an essay on the social meaning of landscape by Karal Ann Marling, and reflections...
Publisher
Centre canadien d'architecture/Canadian Centre for Architecture
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
"From the day it opened in July 1955, in an event given live TV coverage, Disneyland has been a key symbol of contemporary American culture. It has been both celebrated and attacked as the ultimate embodiment of consumer society, a harbinger of shopping-mall culture, a symbol of American hegemony in entertainment, the epitome of fantasy, simulation, pastiche, and the blurring of distinctions between reality and mass-media imagery. Yet for all the...
