Screen LibraryThree centuries of American prints from the National Gallery of Art /
Nearly 200 American prints, representing more than 100 artists, and dating from the colonial era to the present day, are brought together in this unprecedented volume from the National Gallery of Art to commemorate its collection and recent acquisitions. The artists featured range from Paul Revere t...
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Thames & Hudson Inc.,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 2016. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
Nearly 200 American prints, representing more than 100 artists, and dating from the colonial era to the present day, are brought together in this unprecedented volume from the National Gallery of Art to commemorate its collection and recent acquisitions. The artists featured range from Paul Revere through James McNeil Whistler, Mary Cassatt, Winslow Homer, Louise Nevelson, Romare Bearden, Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg, Chuck Close, and Kara Walker. The works date from essentially every period in American history, so major art and historical themes running through the collection are readil |
| Item Description: | Catalog of an exhibition held at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, April 3-July 24, 2016 and Národní galerie v Praze, Prague, Czech Republic, October 4, 2016-January 5, 2017 |
| Carrier Form: | xi, 347 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-342) and index. |
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9780500239520 0500239525 9780894684005 0894684000 |
| Index Number: | NE505 |
| CLC: | J237(712)-28 |
| Call Number: | J237(712)-28/T531 |
| Contents: | Director's foreword / Earl A. Powell III -- American prints, their makers, and their public / Michael J. Lewis -- Colonial era to the Civil War. Paul Revere's caffeine : The bloody massacre / Alexander Nemerov ; The one who makes pictures / Jennifer Raab ; "And the war came ..." : rupture and contradiction in mid-nineteenth-century visual culture / David C. Ward -- Reconstruction to World War II. At home abroad in the later nineteenth century / Marc Simpson ; Line defining land and sea / Franklin Kelly ; Marking distinction / John Fagg ; Building bodies, body buildings : New York City around |