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American art : 1908-1947, from Winslow Homer to Jackson Pollock / edited by Éric de Chassey.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Paris : Reunion des Musees Nationaux ; New York : distributed by Harry N. Abrams, c2002.Description: 254 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 0810963639
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Contents:
Why has there been no great American art (before the triumph of abstract expressionism)? / by Éric de Chassey -- The great traditions of early modern American art / by Henry Adams -- The 1913 Armory Show : stakes, strategies, and reception of a media event / by Charlotte Laubard -- The art of light : colors, sounds, and technologies of light in the art of the synchromists / by Pascal Rousseau -- The machine between cult object and merchandise : photography and the industrial aesthetic in the United States during the interwar years / by Olivier Lugon -- Harlem Renaissance : the making of a black identity / by Elvan Zabunyan -- Jean Hélion and Albert E. Gallatin : one aspect of the exchanges between Europe and the United States / by Arnauld Pierre -- Transferal and synthesis : American biomorphism of the 1930s / by Guitemie Maldonado.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 709.73 A512a Available 33111003589948
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Offering a fresh perspective on American art from the first half of the 20th century, this elegant book presents approximately 200 paintings, works on paper, photographs, and sculpture by such artists as Ansel Adams, Milton Avery, Walker Evans, Edward Hopper, Georgia O'Keeffe, Ben Shahn, Paul Strand, and Grant Wood, along with works by other well-known and less-familiar artists. All the works are reproduced in stunning full-color and duotone plates. These works have been brought together for a traveling exhibition organized through F.R.A.M.E., a major artistic exchange program between the United States and France. This book, published to accompany the inaugural exhibition of the program, includes texts by French and American art historians that place the works in art-historical context.

Catalogue of an exhibition held at Musee des Beaux-Arts, Bordeaux, from October 10 - December 31, 2001 and two other museums through June 23, 2002.

Includes bibliographical references.

Why has there been no great American art (before the triumph of abstract expressionism)? / by Éric de Chassey -- The great traditions of early modern American art / by Henry Adams -- The 1913 Armory Show : stakes, strategies, and reception of a media event / by Charlotte Laubard -- The art of light : colors, sounds, and technologies of light in the art of the synchromists / by Pascal Rousseau -- The machine between cult object and merchandise : photography and the industrial aesthetic in the United States during the interwar years / by Olivier Lugon -- Harlem Renaissance : the making of a black identity / by Elvan Zabunyan -- Jean Hélion and Albert E. Gallatin : one aspect of the exchanges between Europe and the United States / by Arnauld Pierre -- Transferal and synthesis : American biomorphism of the 1930s / by Guitemie Maldonado.

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