In the age of Charles Darwin and John Ruskin, nineteenth-century American artists sought to imitate the truths of nature. Works such as Albert Bierstadt's Lake Lucerne , Frederic Edwin Church's Morning in the Tropics , Thomas Cole's Voyage of Life series, and Asher B. Durand's Forest in the Morning Light are examples of the certainty of vision and faith in the nation's destiny that prevailed during this period of great expansion in America. Winslow Homer's Breezing Up (A Fair Wind) , one of nine paintings by the ...
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In the age of Charles Darwin and John Ruskin, nineteenth-century American artists sought to imitate the truths of nature. Works such as Albert Bierstadt's Lake Lucerne , Frederic Edwin Church's Morning in the Tropics , Thomas Cole's Voyage of Life series, and Asher B. Durand's Forest in the Morning Light are examples of the certainty of vision and faith in the nation's destiny that prevailed during this period of great expansion in America. Winslow Homer's Breezing Up (A Fair Wind) , one of nine paintings by the artist in the Gallery's collection, is discussed, as are several works by Thomas Eakins, including The Biglin Brothers Racing , which was inspired by the first pair-oared race in America.
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NF/VG as new. Brown cloth. Brown dj with color illustration. xvi, 467 pp. 89 color, 143 bw plates. Documents works by some of America's most famous artists, including Homer (7), Eakins (10), Cole (7), Durand (3), Cropsey (3), Kensett (3), Inness (3), and Hassam (3). Profiles 49 artists (A-La) each with biography, notes, bibliography, references, and plates of their work. Also includes a general bibliography (22 pages), an index, and a concordance of new-old accession numbers. A hefty publication. Contents as follows: Pt 1. Francis Alexander--Ezra Ames--Joseph Alexander Ames--John James Audobon--John Woodhouse Audubon--Frank Weston Benson--Albert Bierstadt--Ralph Albert Blakelock--Emil Carlsen--Francis Bicknell Carpenter--John William Casilear--William Merritt Chase--Frederic Edwin Church--Alvan Clark--Thomas Cole--Jasper Francis Cropsey--Joseph Decker--Thomas Wilmer Dewing--Thomas Doughty--Asher Brown Durand--George Henry Durrie--Frank Duveneck--Thomas Eakins--Francis William Edmonds--Jacob Eichholtz--Charles Loring Elliott--Frederick Carl Frieseke--James Frothingham--George Fuller--Chester Harding--William Michael Harnett--William Stanley Haseltine--Childe Hassam--Martin Johnson Heade--George P.A. Healy--Winslow Homer--Daniel Huntington--Charles Ingham--Henry Inman--George Inness--John Wesley Jarvis--David Johnson--Eastman Johnson--Matthew Harris Jouett--John Frederick Kensett--John La Farge--James Reid Lambdin--Fitz Hugh Lane--Thomas Bayley Lawson.
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New. 0894682156. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** – – *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT-TWO VOLUMES, PARTS 1 and 2-Corresponds to ISBN: 0-89468-215-6. Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened-PART 1: In the age of Darwin and John Ruskin, nineteenth-century American artists sought to imitate the truths of nature. Works such as Albert Bierstadt's Lake Lucerne, Frederic Edwin Church's Morning in the Tropics, Thomas Cole's Voyage of Life series, and Asher B. Durand's Forest in the Morning Light are examples the certainty of vision and faith in the nation's destiny that prevailed during this period of great expansion America. Winslow Homer's Breezing Up (A Fair Wind), one of nine paintings by the artist in the Gallery's collection, is discussed, as are several works by Thomas Eakins, including The Biglin Brothers Racing, which inspired by the first pair-oared race in America. --PART 2: In this, the second of two volumes devoted to the Gallery's holdings of nineteenth-century American paintings, more than 100 works are catalogued. Distinguished in part by the concentration of works by three prominent artists, Thomas Sully, John Singer Sargent, and James McNeill Whistler, the collection also includes John Quidor's The Return of Rip van Winkle, Albert Pinkham Ryder's Siegfried and the Rhine Maidens, John Henry Twachtman's Winter Harmony, and Rembrandt Peale's best-known work, Rubens Peale with a Geranium. Many of these paintings are reproduced in full color for the first time. --with a bonus offer--
