Early American Modernist Painting 1910-1935

Early American Modernist Painting 1910-1935
Author: Abraham A. Davidson
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Total Pages: 348
Release: 1994-08-21
Genre: Art
ISBN:

Stuart Davis, Charles Demuth, Marcel Duchamp, Marsden Hartley, John Marin, Georgia O'Keefe, Francis Picabia, Man Ray, Charles Sheeler, Joseph Stella, Alfred Stieglitz and Max Weber are some of the seminal artists discussed and contextualised in this account of one of the most fascinating periods in American painting.

Henry Lee McFee and Formalist Realism in American Still Life, 1923-1936

Henry Lee McFee and Formalist Realism in American Still Life, 1923-1936
Author: John Baker
Publisher: Bucknell University Press
Total Pages: 172
Release: 1987
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780838751107

The first full-length study of the life and works of Henry Lee McFee, pioneer American cubist and prominent member of the Woodstock artists colony. McFee's still lifes are considered in detail and a survey of the critics, art theorists, and aestheticians of the period is presented. Nearly 200 illustrations, including 22 color plates. A Center Gallery Publication.

A Concise History Of American Painting And Sculpture

A Concise History Of American Painting And Sculpture
Author: Matthew Baigell
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 462
Release: 2018-02-23
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0429971273

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.

A Companion to British Art

A Companion to British Art
Author: David Peters Corbett
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 599
Release: 2016-02-16
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1119170117

This companion is a collection of newly-commissioned essays written by leading scholars in the field, providing a comprehensive introduction to British art history. A generously-illustrated collection of newly-commissioned essays which provides a comprehensive introduction to the history of British art Combines original research with a survey of existing scholarship and the state of the field Touches on the whole of the history of British art, from 800-2000, with increasing attention paid to the periods after 1500 Provides the first comprehensive introduction to British art of the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries, one of the most lively and innovative areas of art-historical study Presents in depth the major preoccupations that have emerged from recent scholarship, including aesthetics, gender, British art’s relationship to Modernity, nationhood and nationality, and the institutions of the British art world

American Women Modernists

American Women Modernists
Author: Robert Henri
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Total Pages: 294
Release: 2005
Genre: Modernism (Art)
ISBN: 9780813536842

The seven essays included in this volume move beyond the famed Ashcan School to recover the lesser known work of Robert Henri's women students. The contributors, who include well-known scholars of art history, American studies, and cultural studies demonstrate how these women participated in the "modernizing" of women's roles during this era.

A Time of Paradox

A Time of Paradox
Author: Glen Jeansonne
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 582
Release: 2006
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780742533776

In this lively and provocative synthesis, distinguished historian Glen Jeansonne explores the people and events that shaped America in the twentieth century. Comprehensive in scope, A Time of Paradox offers a balanced look at the political, diplomatic, social and cultural developments of the last century while focusing on the diverse and sometimes contradictory human experiences that characterized this dynamic period. Designed with the student in mind, this cogent text provides the most up to date analysis available, offering insight into the divisive election of 2004, the War on Terror and the Gulf Coast hurricanes. Substantive biographies on figures ranging from Samuel Insull to Madonna give students a more personalized view of the men and women who influenced American society over the past hundred years.

Machine in the Studio

Machine in the Studio
Author: Caroline A. Jones
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 582
Release: 1996
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780226406497

Drawing on extensive interviews with artists and their assistants as well as close readings of artworks, Jones explains that much of the major work of the 1960s was compelling precisely because it was "mainstream" - central to the visual and economic culture of its time.

Speaking for Vice

Speaking for Vice
Author: Jonathan Weinberg
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 294
Release: 1993-01-01
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780300062540

Grapples with the problems of identifying homosexual content in a work of art, showing how artists often used sexual codes to communicate to their subculture. The major part of the book is a discussion of Demuth's and Hartley's lives and works.

A Companion to 20th-Century America

A Companion to 20th-Century America
Author: Stephen J. Whitfield
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 584
Release: 2008-04-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 0470998520

A Companion to 20th-Century America is an authoritative survey of the most important topics and themes of twentieth-century American history and historiography. Contains 29 original essays by leading scholars, each assessing the past and current state of American scholarship Includes thematic essays covering topics such as religion, ethnicity, conservatism, foreign policy, and the media, as well as essays covering major time periods Identifies and discusses the most influential literature in the field, and suggests new avenues of research, as the century has drawn to a close

Geographies of Modernism

Geographies of Modernism
Author: Peter Brooker
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2007-05-07
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1134329105

One of the most pivotal developments in contemporary literary and cultural studies is the investigation of space and geography, a trend which is proving particularly important for modernist studies. This volume explores the interface between modernism and geography in a range of writers, texts and artists across the twentieth century. Cross-disciplinary essays test and extend a variety of methodological approaches and reveal the reach of this topic into every corner of modernist scholarship. From Imagist poetry and the Orient to teashops and modernism in London, or from mapping and belonging in James Joyce or Joseph Conrad to the space of new media artists, this remarkable volume offers fresh, invigorating research that ranges across the field of modernism. It also serves to identify the many exciting new directions that future studies may take. With groundbreaking essays from an international team of highly-regarded scholars, Geographies of Modernism is an important step forward in literary and cultural studies.