Currier & Ives' America
Author: Colin Simkin
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Published: 1952
Total Pages: 80
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Author: Colin Simkin
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Published: 1952
Total Pages: 80
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Publisher: Joslyn Art Museum
Published: 2020-11-10
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ISBN-13: 9781646570102
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Engravings for the people" a fresh appraisal of the printmakers Currier & Ives and their vision of America Currier & Ives was a powerhouse of 19th-century publishing and had an immeasurable influence on American visual culture. Founded in New York in 1834 by Nathaniel Currier, the company expanded to include a new partner, James Merritt Ives, after 1857. Currier & Ives produced millions of affordably priced copies of over 7,000 original lithographs, living up to its self-appointed title as "The Grand Central Depot for Cheap and Popular Prints." The firm took advantage of New York City's booming arts culture in the latter half of the 19th century, but its output was not seen as fine art by critics, nor was it intended as such. Its prints were first and foremost commodities; the choice subjects often determined by popularity and sales figures. Currier & Ives perpetuated Victorian ideals in its depictions of family, history, politics and urban and suburban life. But these prints also served as an important record of a nation in the midst of an extraordinary transformation from a rural and agricultural landscape to an industrialized and urbanized global power. Along with their popular appeal, Currier & Ives's images offer a new opportunity to uncover the complexities and contradictions of our history and help shape our understanding of America's past.
Author: Harry Twyford Peters
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ISBN-13: 9780405077418
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Published: 1986
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Publisher: Smithsonian Books (DC)
Published: 2001-09-17
Total Pages: 408
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK"When Nathaniel Currier started his publishing business in 1834, the mass production of visual images was almost unknown. Currier and his partner, James Ives, literally changed the American landscape by mass-producing inexpensive lithographs and selling millions of copies that adorned countless homes, businesses, and even barns. The Currier and Ives catalog included some 7,000 works by dozens of artists, accounting for 95 percent of all lithographs purchased nationwide. Bryan F. Le Beau provides the first in-depth study of the sweeping range of Currier and Ives images produced until the end of the century, placing them in historical context as meaningful representations and reflections of American values, beliefs, hopes, and dreams."--Jacket.
Author: N. Currier (Firm)
Publisher: [New York] : Promontory Press
Published: 1974
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780883940310
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Published: 1979
Total Pages: 487
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Publisher: Applewood Books
Published: 1986-09
Total Pages: 129
ISBN-13: 0918222842
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPresents an account, first published in 1622, of the Pilgrim's journey to the new world.
Author: John F. Kasson
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 1999-05-17
Total Pages: 294
ISBN-13: 0809016206
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA major theme in American history has been the desire to achieve a genuinely republican way of life that values liberty, order, and virtue. This work shows us how new technologies affected this drive for a republican civilization - a question as vital now as ever.
Author: Debbie Coe
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780764349492
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe first full-color reference on Currier & Ives dinnerware produced from 1949 to 1986!