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Author
Publisher
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"The American Civil War was arguably the first modern war. Its grim reality, captured through the new medium of photography, was laid bare. American artists could not approach the conflict with the conventions of European history painting, which glamorized the hero on the battlefield. Instead, many artists found ways to weave the war into works of art that considered the human narrative--the daily experiences of soldiers, slaves, and families left...
Publisher
McMullen Museum of Art
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"This collection offers a new look at American artist John La Farge (1835-1910) and his lifelong efforts to visualize the sacred. Most clearly reflected in his ecclesiastical paintings and stained glass windows, the latter of which appear in churches throughout the United States, La Farge's quest can be seen both in his representations of nature and still life and in his stunningly imaginative book illustrations. Multicultural and multilingual, La...
Author
Series
Publisher
University Of Pennsylvania Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Exploring the intersection of the early republic's material, visual, literary, and political cultures, Republic of Taste demonstrates how American thinkers upheld the similarities between aesthetics and politics in order to wrestle with questions about power and authority.
Author
Publisher
Newark Museum
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"Explores the myriad ways artists portrayed young girls, from the sentimental, innocent stereotype to the freespirited individual. Works by John Singer Sargent, Winslow Homer, and Thomas Eakins, together with those by leading women artists, such as Cecilia Beaux and Mary Cassatt, reveal a new, provocative psychological element not found in early Victorian portraiture, while the mischievous tomboys in Lilly Martin Spencer's paintings and the pure angels...
Author
Publisher
Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publisher
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Surveys the portrayal of the male body throughout the past 150 years, exploring the works of such artists as Thomas Eakins, Robert Mapplethorpe, and Félix González-Torres, exploring each artist's contribution in terms of their artistic themes and cultural contexts.