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American Art Analog
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 376

American Art Analog

V.1. 1688-1842. v.2. 1842-1874. v.3. 1874-1930.

Branding the American West
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 241

Branding the American West

  • Categories: Art

Artists and filmmakers in the early twentieth century reshaped our vision of the American West. In particular, the Taos Society of Artists and the California-based artist Maynard Dixon departed from the legendary depiction of the “Wild West” and fostered new images, or brands, for western art. This volume, illustrated with more than 150 images, examines select paintings and films to demonstrate how these artists both enhanced and contradicted earlier representations of the West. Prior to this period, American art tended to portray the West as a wild frontier with untamed lands and peoples. Renowned artists such as Henry Farny and Frederic Remington set their work in the past, invoking an...

Beyond Madness
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 195

Beyond Madness

  • Categories: Art

This book, featuring the life and works of Ralph Blakelock, situates him in the context of American art. Representing over twenty years of study and the examination of several thousand works attributed to him, Beyond Madness reveals the unusual nature of Blakelock’s life story as it offers clear parallels to his painting. Largely self-taught and supported by few patrons, Blakelock regularly struggled with the financial pressures of supporting his nine children and pursuing his art. Called both brilliant and doomed, and institutionalized on and off for the last decade of his life, he nonetheless created some of the most beloved—and some of the most frequently forged—paintings in the Ame...

Tennessee Post Office Murals
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 164

Tennessee Post Office Murals

  • Categories: Art

The United States government got into the art business when it instituted a series of programs to keep artists working during the Depression years. Tennessee received its fair share, and most of the original thirty are still in existence. A few have been moved to different locations, but the author notes that most of the murals “are still on that same wall in the same small post office in that same small town where they were placed so long ago.” Unfortunately, many people are not aware of these murals—even in the areas where they are located. Written for the purpose of enhancing the knowledge of Tennesseans about the murals found in their post offices, this book will be of interest to artists and historians as well. Hull has included numerous photographs along with his descriptions of each mural and its composition, the mural’s relation to history, and a biographical sketch of each artist.

Unification of Art Theories (UAT)
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 140

Unification of Art Theories (UAT)

Unification of Art Theories (UAT), proposed by the author, considers that every artist should employ - in producing an artwork ¿ ideas, theories, styles, techniques and procedures of making art barrowed from various artists, teachers, schools of art, movements throughout history, but combined with new ones invented, or adopted from any knowledge field (science in special, literature, etc.), by the artist himself.The artist can use a multi-structure and multi-space. The distinction between Eclecticism and Unification of Art Theories (UAT) is that Eclecticism supposed to select among the previous schools and teachers and procedures - while UAT requires not only selecting but also to invent, o...

Art Market Research
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 333

Art Market Research

  • Categories: Art
  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2013-12-13
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  • Publisher: McFarland

This book is for art market researchers at all levels. A brief overview of the global art market and its major stakeholders precedes an analysis of the various sales venues (auction, commercial gallery, etc.). Library research skills are reviewed, and advanced methods are explored in a chapter devoted to basic market research. Because the monetary value of artwork cannot be established without reference to the aesthetic qualities and art historical significance of our subject works, two substantial chapters detail the processes involved in researching and documenting the fine and decorative arts, respectively, and provide annotated bibliographies. Methods for assigning values for art objects are explored, and sources of price data, both in print and online, are identified and described in detail. In recent years, art historical scholarship increasingly has addressed issues related to the history of art and its markets: a chapter on resources for the historian of the art market offers a wide range of sources. Finally, provenance and art law are discussed, with particular reference to their relevance to dealers, collectors, artists and other art market stakeholders.

300 Years of American Art
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 524

300 Years of American Art

  • Categories: Art
  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1987
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  • Publisher: Unknown

This massive compendium lists 820 American Artists, contains 1020 color plates and analyzes 40,000 auction sales records. Each artist is treated to a biographical essay. Bibliography and index to artists. A mighty reference, whether to examine somewhat outdated price history or to get an idea of who a particular painter is.

The Doheny Mansion
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 196

The Doheny Mansion

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Mark Rothko
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 719

Mark Rothko

  • Categories: Art

This is the first volume of the catalogue raisonne of the work of Mark Rothko, the abstract artist. It documents Rothko's entire output of paintings on canvas and panel, reproducing all the works in colour. An introductory text investigates the essential features of Rothko's art.