John Lewis Krimmel

John Lewis Krimmel
Author: Milo M. Naeve
Publisher: Associated University Presse
Total Pages: 222
Release: 1987
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780874132328

John Lewis Krimmel was the first professional artist in the United States to base his reputation on the genre subject. The author's study documents the artist's career from three points of view: Krimmel's life in Europe and the United States from his birth in 1786 to his drowning in 1821; an analysis of his surviving works; and an interpretation of his relationship to contemporary American esthetic and intellectual movements. American Art Series. Illustrated.

The Artist in American Society

The Artist in American Society
Author: Neil Harris
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 464
Release: 1966
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0226317544

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.

The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, Volume 5

The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, Volume 5
Author: Thomas Jefferson
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 797
Release: 2004
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0691137714

The Retirement Series documents Jefferson's written legacy between his return to private life on 4 March 1809 and his death on 4 July 1826. During this period Jefferson founded the University of Virginia and sold his extraordinary library to the nation, but his greatest legacy from these years is the astonishing depth and breadth of his correspondence with statesmen, inventors, scientists, philosophers, and ordinary citizens on topics spanning virtually every field of human endeavor.--From publisher description.

Albany Institute of History & Art

Albany Institute of History & Art
Author: Albany Institute of History and Art
Publisher: SUNY Press
Total Pages: 336
Release: 1998-01-01
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781555951016

Beautifully illustrated introduction and overview to the collections of the Albany Institute of History and Art