现货Navigating the West: George Caleb Bingham and the River[9780300206708]

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作者Conrads, Margaret C ; Luarca-Shoaf, Nenette ; Barry, Claire M ; Heugh, Nancy ; Kornhauser, Elizabeth Mankin ; Mahon, Do

出版社Other Distribution

ISBN9780300206708

出版时间2014-10

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页数200页

正文语种英语

上书时间2023-04-17

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商品描述: A new look at George Caleb Bingham's iconic river paintings and his creative process in making them George Caleb Bingham (1811-1879) moved to Missouri as a child and began painting the scenes of Missouri life for which he is now famous in the 1840s. Navigating the West explores how Bingham's iconic river paintings reveal the cultural and economic significance of the massive Mississippi and Missouri waterways to mid-19th-century society. Focusing on the artist's working methods and preparatory drawings, the book also explores Bingham's representations of people and places and situates these images in a dialogue with other contemporary depictions of the region. Of particular note are two landmark essays investigating Bingham's creative process through comparisons of infrared images of 17 of his paintings with both his preparatory drawings and the completed works, casting new light on his previously understudied process. Technical analysis of the artist's lauded masterpiece, Fu