Examines six American artists: John Vanderlyn, George Caleb Bingham, Lilly Martin Spencer, Robert Duncanson, Seymour Guy, and William Harnett. This study describes how the images in their paintings both embraced and resisted the world around them - including its underlying social conflicts.
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Let's face it. How many art histories fall into the category of "hard to put down"? If only they were all as provocative and exciting as this book. After laying out his somewhat unconventional methodology, Lubin examines the work of John Vanderlyn, George Caleb Bingham, Robert S. Duncanson, Lilly Martin Spencer, William Harnett, and Seymour Guy in six engaging discussions that more closely resemble lively debates than traditional art history essays. He pokes and prods the work of these artists from every angle, suggesting their meaning to their creators, the culture that produced them, and to us. Ultimately, the messages are rich but contradictory. This is what art history should be: research-driven, full of verve and humor, and fresh in both senses of the word. The scholarly offering contains extensive annotated footnotes and nearly 200 illustrations, one-quarter of which are color. Highly recommended.
Kathleen Eagen Johnson, Historic Hudson Valley, Tarrytown, N.Y.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Kathleen Eagen Johnson, Historic Hudson Valley, Tarrytown, N.Y.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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