Cincinnati Art Museum Collections Highlights
Author: Cincinnati Art Museum
Publisher: Giles
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 398
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPosts
Perfect Likeness
Author: Cincinnati Art Museum
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2006-01-01
Total Pages: 356
ISBN-13: 0300115806
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDiminutive marvels of artistry and fine craftsmanship, portrait miniatures reveal a wealth of information within their small frames. They can tell tales of cultural history and biography, of people and their passions, of evolving tastes in jewelry, fashion, hairstyles, and the decorative arts. Unlike many other genres, miniatures have a tradition in which amateurs and professionals have operated in parallel and women artists have flourished as professionals. This richly illustrated book presents approximately 180 portrait miniatures selected from the holdings of the Cincinnati Art Museum, the largest and most diverse collection of its kind in North America. The book stresses the continuity of stylistic tradition across Europe and America as well as the vitality of the portrait miniature format through more than four centuries. A detailed catalogue entry, as well as a concise artist biography, appears for each object. Essays examine various aspects of miniature painting, of the depiction of costume in miniatures, and of the allied art of hair work.
Black Futures
Author: Kimberly Drew
Publisher: One World
Published: 2021-10-26
Total Pages: 545
ISBN-13: 0399181156
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“A literary experience unlike any I’ve had in recent memory . . . a blueprint for this moment and the next, for where Black folks have been and where they might be going.”—The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice) What does it mean to be Black and alive right now? Kimberly Drew and Jenna Wortham have brought together this collection of work—images, photos, essays, memes, dialogues, recipes, tweets, poetry, and more—to tell the story of the radical, imaginative, provocative, and gorgeous world that Black creators are bringing forth today. The book presents a succession of startling and beautiful pieces that generate an entrancing rhythm: Readers will go from conversations with activists and academics to memes and Instagram posts, from powerful essays to dazzling paintings and insightful infographics. In answering the question of what it means to be Black and alive, Black Futures opens a prismatic vision of possibility for every reader.
Frank Duveneck
Author: Julie Aronson
Publisher:
Published: 2020
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780931537035
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSeeing the bold, confident handling with which Frank Duveneck (1848&ndash1919) infuses life into his subjects can be breathtaking. This is the first major publication in more than 30 years devoted to Duveneck, one of the most influential and widely respected late-nineteenth century American artists.Beloved to his students, Duveneck was lauded by many Gilded Age luminaries such as James Abbott McNeill Whistler and Henry James. Yet a century after his death, he is largely known only for a single, brilliant painting, The Whistling Boy. By contextualizing his work in the artistic, cultural and social milieus of the time, this publication offers diverse perspectives on Duveneck's life, work, subjects and reputation. The essays span his beginnings as a painter of dark realism to his later impressionistic work and examine his significance as a printmaker and draftsman. The lavishly illustrated volume includes a chronology and selected bibliography.
Cincinnati Art-carved Furniture and Interiors
Author: Jennifer Howe
Publisher:
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA remarkable presentation of hand-carved furnishings and woodwork from late-nineteenth-century Cincinnati that reflect the city's energetic response to the Aesthetic movement.
Iowa
Author: Nancy Rexroth
Publisher:
Published: 1977
Total Pages: 128
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Rexroth's most notable work, Iowa, is a series of dream-like and poetic images.Each seemingly candid and liquid composition includes a soft focus and vignette, characteristic qualities of Diana camera images. [...] The Iowa series subconsciously expresses Rexroth's childhood memories of visiting family in Iowa. Growing up in the suburbs of Arlington, Virginia, she was captivated by the exotic summer landscapes of Iowa. Although the influence of her memories is present, Rexroth refers to Iowa as a hallucinatory state of mind rather than a concrete geographic location of personal sentiment. She describes Iowa as 'conceived of as a kind of psychic journey from one emotional mood to the next-- a maturation process. It all happens in a place which is very exotic.' In the introduction to the book, Mark L. Power describes this work as 'Sunny Iowa was transformed by memory into a dark Iowa with "a real feeling of melancholy." [...]"
Joseph Urban
Author: Cincinnati Art Museum
Publisher: Giles
Published: 2021
Total Pages: 120
ISBN-13: 9781911282563
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA study of one of America's most important designers, in particular the Art Deco bedroom he created for the teenage Elaine Wormser.
The Big Tidy-Up
Author: Norah Smaridge
Publisher: Golden Books
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 33
ISBN-13: 0375848215
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen her mother refuses to clean her room until after Christmas, Jennifer at first doesn't mind all of the mess and clutter, but after a while the room makes her feel gloomy, so she decides to do something about it.
Transforming Cincinnati
Author: ArtWorks Cincinnati
Publisher:
Published: 2017-11-30
Total Pages: 175
ISBN-13: 9781939710765
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBetween 2007 and 2017, ArtWorks' youth apprentices teamed with professional artists to complete 147 murals in 37 Cincinnati neighborhoods and eight nearby cities. Along the way we learned that passion, grit and creativity can transform our people and our city for the better. And for good"--Back cover.
Decoded Messages
Author: Hou-mei Sung
Publisher:
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 294
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDuring the Ming Dynasty numerous new animal themes were created to convey political and ethical messages current at court. As the result a sophisticated language of Chinese animal painting was developed, employing both the animals' symbolic associations and homonymic puns. Hou-mei Sung's exciting rediscovery of some of these lost meanings has led to a full-scale investigation of the evolving history of Chinese animal painting. Distinct symbolic meanings were associated with individual motifs, but all animals were assigned a place in the universe according to the Chinese concept of nature. From the very early yin/yang cosmology to later developments of Daoist and Confucian philosophies and ethics, Chinese animals gained new meanings related to their historical contexts. This book explores these new findings, using the colorful animal images and their rich and evolving symbolic meanings to gain insight into unique aspects of Chinese art, as well as Chinese culture and history. Exhibition Schedule: Cincinnati Museum of Art (October 2009 - February 2010)
