The California Gold Rush captured the get-rich dreams of people around the world more completely than almost any event in American history. This catalog, published in celebration of the sesquicentennial of the 1848 discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill, shows the vitality of the arts in the Golden State during the latter nineteenth century and documents the dramatic impact of the Gold Rush on the American imagination. Among the throngs of gold-seekers in California were artists, many self-taught, others formally trained, and ...
Read More
The California Gold Rush captured the get-rich dreams of people around the world more completely than almost any event in American history. This catalog, published in celebration of the sesquicentennial of the 1848 discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill, shows the vitality of the arts in the Golden State during the latter nineteenth century and documents the dramatic impact of the Gold Rush on the American imagination. Among the throngs of gold-seekers in California were artists, many self-taught, others formally trained, and their arrival produced an outpouring of artistic works that provide insights into Gold Rush events, personages, and attitudes. The best-known painting of the Gold Rush era, C.C. Nahl's Sunday Morning in the Mines (1872), was created nearly two decades after gold fever had subsided. By then the Gold Rush's mythic qualities were well established, and new allegories--particularly the American belief in the rewards of hard work and enterprise--can be seen on Nahl's canvas. Other works added to the image of California as a destination for ambitious dreamers, an image that prevails to this day. In bringing together a range of art and archival material such as artists' diaries and contemporary newspaper articles, The Art of the Gold Rush broadens our understanding of American culture during a memorable period in the nation's history.
Read Less
Add this copy of Art of the Gold Rush to cart. $21.00, like new condition, Sold by Second Life Books Inc. rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lanesborough, MA, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by University of California.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
4to, pp. 148. Notes, bibliography, index. Published to accompany an 1998-99 exhibition. Paper wraps. Illustrated iin full color and black and white. Fine.
Add this copy of Art of the Gold Rush to cart. $34.98, very good condition, Sold by Bookcase rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Carlisle, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1998 by Oakland Museum of California and Crocker Art Museum and Univ. of....
Edition:
1998, Oakland Museum of California and Crocker Art Museum and Univ. of...
Publisher:
Oakland Museum of California and Crocker Art Museum and Univ. of...
Published:
1998
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
14498778614
Shipping Options:
Standard Shipping: $4.99
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Very Good in Very Good jacket. 4to. Dust jacket clean and colourful, lightly bumped at corners and spine ends, sellotape repair to head of spine on front cover, boards very clean and in good condition, small ink mark to head of fly title page, pp bright and clean, illustrations bright and colourful, binding sound.
