The Artist in American Society
The Artist in American Society

Author: Neil Harris

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 1966

Total Pages: 464

ISBN-13: 0226317544

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What was the place of the artist in a new society? How would he thrive where monarchy, aristocracy, and an established church—those traditional patrons of painting, sculpture, and architecture—were repudiated so vigorously? Neil Harris examines the relationships between American cultural values and American society during the formative years of American art and explores how conceptions of the artist's social role changed during those years.

Art Work
Art Work

Author: April F. Masten

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published: 2008-06-04

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 0812240715

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Between 1850 and 1880, thousands of women moved to New York City to study art and pursue careers as painters, designers, illustrators, and engravers. This book reconnects their accomplishments to the city's conspicuously democratic art institutions, its burgeoning illustrated press, and the prevailing aesthetic ideal known as the Unity of Art.

A Concise History Of American Painting And Sculpture
A Concise History Of American Painting And Sculpture

Author: Matthew Baigell

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2018-02-23

Total Pages: 462

ISBN-13: 0429971273

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This clear, thorough, and reliable survey of American painting and sculpture from colonial times to the present day covers all the major artists and their works, outlines the social and cultural backgrounds of each period, and includes 409 illustrations integrated with the text. Although some determining factors in American art are considered, Matthew Baigell views the rich and diverse achievements of American art as the result of the efforts and talents of a pluralistic society rather than as fitting into a particular mold.This edition includes corrections and revisions to the text, an updated bibliography, and 13 new illustrations.

The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture
The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture

Author: Judith H. Bonner

Publisher: UNC Press Books

Published: 2013-01-14

Total Pages: 527

ISBN-13: 0807869945

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From the Potomac to the Gulf, artists were creating in the South even before it was recognized as a region. The South has contributed to America's cultural heritage with works as diverse as Benjamin Henry Latrobe's architectural plans for the nation's Capitol, the wares of the Newcomb Pottery, and Richard Clague's tonalist Louisiana bayou scenes. This comprehensive volume shows how, through the decades and centuries, the art of the South expanded from mimetic portraiture to sophisticated responses to national and international movements. The essays treat historic and current trends in the visual arts and architecture, major collections and institutions, and biographies of artists themselves. As leading experts on the region's artists and their work, editors Judith H. Bonner and Estill Curtis Pennington frame the volume's contributions with insightful overview essays on the visual arts and architecture in the American South.

American Realism
American Realism

Author: Gerry Souter

Publisher: Parkstone International

Published: 2015-09-15

Total Pages: 509

ISBN-13: 1783107677

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Urban realism, snow-covered streets of New York, boxing matches, children on the banks of a river, the painters of the Ash Can School preferred realistic images. Their paintings are a true hymn to noise and sensations. This unconventional movement enabled the birth of a true national artistic identity which broke free from the establishment. The Ash Can School resolutely promoted the affirmation of the modernist current of American art. Edward Hopper, who was a student of Robert Henri, embraced the principles of this movement and brought them to another level.