Screen LibraryAmerican watercolors, 1880-1990 : into the light /
"Watercolor holds a special place in the history of American art. For generations of artists, the medium has provided a space for innovation and experimentation, allowing practitioners to let their imagination loose and to reflect on process and perception. Its rise to the status of fine art in...
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Harvard Art Museums,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, MA : |
| Publication Dates: | 2023. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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"Watercolor holds a special place in the history of American art. For generations of artists, the medium has provided a space for innovation and experimentation, allowing practitioners to let their imagination loose and to reflect on process and perception. Its rise to the status of fine art in the decades following the Civil War is well documented, yet its continued role as a testing ground and means of generating new ideas throughout the twentieth century has received comparatively less attention.This volume considers continuity and change in the American watercolor tradition over a century of production through the lens of the Harvard Art Museums' collection. Works by well-known watercolorists such as Winslow Homer, John Singer Sargent, and James Abbott McNeill Whistler are included, as well as surprising additions from Zelda Fitzgerald, Alexander Calder, Claes Oldenburg, and many others. In the spirit of the medium, the authors take a fluid and open-ended approach to the topic, offering both personal and scholarly reflections that invite readers to ponder the influence of these works on their own experience of the world. In addition to contextual essays, there are close readings of singular works and examinations of the unique material characteristics of the watercolor medium."--Distributor's website. |
| Item Description: | Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same title, held at Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, May 20-August 13, 2023. |
| Carrier Form: | 183 pages (1 folded) : color illustrations, facsimile ; 28 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: |
9780300269703 0300269706 |
| Index Number: | ND1731 |
| CLC: | J235(712)-28 |
| Call Number: | J235(712)-28/A512 |
| Contents: |
Changing light, reflected: a century of American watercolors at the Harvard Art Museums / Wet-into-wet: passages of time and tradition before 1880 / The new American medium watercolor of the late twentieth century / Material matters / Six Sunday thoughts on my work with watercolor / |