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James McNeill Whistler
"Lavishly illustrated with key examples of Whistler's paintings, drawings, and prints - set against related images from fine art and popular culture - James McNeill Whistler: Uneasy Pieces offers a visual synthesis that captures the spirit of a fascinating artist and his time."--Jacket.
Childe Hassam
A major book on a major American Impressionist.
Whistler: Streetscapes, Urban Change
An in-depth look at Whistler's city streets and storefronts, addressing the phenomena of urbanization and gentrification, past and present James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) created hundreds of works that depicted urban contexts undergoing rapid transformation. This handsome volume sheds new light on his picturesque representations of London's shifting urban landscape during the Victorian era. Despite Whistler's aversion to overtly political themes, his artworks reveal a long-term engagement with social change. Properties for the newly rich replaced historic buildings and shops, forcing many into squalid conditions. The images featured here, primarily drawn from the permanent collections of ...
American Dreams
The Warner Collection--one of the finest and most comprehensive collections of American art still in private hands--addresses themes central to America's past and present. The works selected for this book range from an 18th century protrait of George Washington to a 1995 image of Thomas Jefferson, from landscapes of the Hudson River School to views of the American West, and from American Impressionism to 20th century Realism. All touch upon dreams that have shaped the American experience. --cover.
James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art
Shows a selection of Whistler's drawings, pastels, watercolors, and paintings and discusses the artist's life and career
Reynolda
Reynolda: Her Muses, Her Stories is your invitation to explore Reynolda House Museum of American Art, North Carolina's nationally acclaimed art museum showcasing paintings, sculpture, and decorative arts in the restored 1917 home of tobacco magnate R. J. Reynolds and his wife, Katharine. Their sixty-four-room bungalow sits at the center of an estate that beckons thousands of visitors each year to its formal gardens, meadows, woodlands, shops, and restaurants. In this volume, David Park Curry has captured the essence of Reynolda House Museum of American Art through a lavishly illustrated essay that blends Reynolda's fifty years as a beloved family home with her second life as a museum of Amer...
American Impressionism and Realism
An examination of the continuities and differences between American Impressionism and Realism. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
A Covenant of Seasons
This exquisite book marries the work and imagery of two artists, a landscape painter working in the medium of monotype and a writer working in the medium of poetry, both expressing their personal responses to nature passing through the metamorphoses of the four seasons.
James McNeill Whistler
"Lavishly illustrated with key examples of Whistler's paintings, drawings, and prints - set against related images from fine art and popular culture - James McNeill Whistler: Uneasy Pieces offers a visual synthesis that captures the spirit of a fascinating artist and his time."--Jacket.
