Isbn: 9780307266293 - grant wood: a life (36 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. Later prt. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

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Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. A very nice copy with clean, bright interior pages and solid binding. DJ in very nice condition. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 402 pages.

hardcover. Condizione: fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: fine. First. Black and white and color illustrations throughout. xii, 402 pages. 8vo. Cloth backed blue boards with gilt lettering on spine, dust wrapper. New York: Knopf, 2010. Second printing. Fine in fine dust wrapper. Small card signed by author affixed to front endpaper. Signed.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. Second Printing. 6.6 X 1.5 X 9.5 inches; 432 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. xii, 402 pages, [16] pages of plates, illustrations (some colour); 25 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Small remainder mark (ink dot)/tail edge. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. *** A biographical study of the Regionalist painter Grant Wood [1891-1942], whose paintings are associated with rural Iowa. *** "He claimed to be 'the plainest kind of fellow you can find. There isn't a single thing I've done, or experienced,' said Grant Wood, 'that's been even the least bit exciting.' Wood was one of America's most famous regionalist painters; to love his work was the equivalent of loving America itself. In his time, he was an 'almost mythical figure,' recognized most supremely for his hard-boiled farm scene, American Gothic, a painting that has come to reflect the essence of America's traditional values--a simple, decent, homespun tribute to our lost agrarian age. In this major new biography of America's most acclaimed, and misunderstood, regionalist painter, Grant Wood is revealed to have been anything but plain, or simple . . . R. Tripp Evans reveals the true complexity of the man and the image Wood so carefully constructed of himself. Grant Wood called himself a farmer-painter but farming held little interest for him. He appeared to be a self-taught painter with his scenes of farmlands, farm workers, and folklore but he was classically trained, a sophisticated artist who had studied the Old Masters and Flemish art as well as impressionism. He lived a bohemian life and painted in Paris and Munich in the 1920s, fleeing what H. L. Mencken referred to as 'the booboisie' of small-town America. We see Wood as an artist haunted and inspired by the images of childhood; by the complex relationship with his father (stern, pious, the 'manliest of men'); with his sister and his beloved mother (Wood shared his studio and sleeping quarters with his mother until her death at seventy-seven; he was forty-four). We see Wood's homosexuality and how his studied masculinity was a ruse that shaped his work. Here is Wood's life and work explored more deeply and insightfully than ever before. Drawing on letters, the artist's unfinished autobiography, his sister's writings, and many never-before-seen documents, Evans's book is a dimensional portrait of a deeply complicated artist who became a 'National Symbol.' It is as well a portrait of the American art scene at a time when America's Calvinistic spirit and provincialism saw Europe as decadent and artists were divided between red-blooded patriotic men and 'hothouse aesthetes.' Thomas Hart Benton said of Grant Wood: 'When this new America looks back for landmarks to help gauge its forward footsteps, it will find a monument standing up in the midst of the wreckage . . . This monument will be made out of Grant Wood's works.' / R. Tripp Evans is Professor of Art History at Wheaton College in Massachusetts. He is the author of Romancing the Maya: Mexican Antiquity in the American Imagination, 1820-1915 (2004). He received his doctoral degree in the history of art from Yale University and has served as a visiting lecturer at Yale, Wellesley College, and Brown University. He and his partner, Ed Cabral, live in Providence, Rhode Island." - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: Introduction; Paint like a man; American, Gothic; Wood into stone; A fabled life; Epilogue. Size: 8vo.…

Hardback. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: fine. Fine, fresh, unread copy. Hardcover. 402 pp. with bibliography, index. Illustrated with photographs and reproductions of Wood's artwork. Biography of one of America's most famous regional painters, Grant Wood 1891-1942). Wood created possibly the most recognizable 20th century American painting, the hard-boiled farm scene "American Gothic". Though known for the simplicity of his paintings of homespun, simple, decent American traditional values, this biography reveals the artist as anythin but plain or simple. He called himself a "farm painter" and apperaed to be self-taught but in reality he was classically trained , a sophisticated artist who had studies the Old Masters, Flemish atrt, and impressionism.…

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. xii, 402 pages., 87 text photos., 26 color illsustrations, bibliography, 8vo. (9 1/2 x 6 1/2), Octavo, dark blue boards, cloth spine, gold text on spine, dust jacket. Very good condition, unsold inventory from an old bookstore. Inventory #70059-3. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Like New. First Edition. 1st edition 1st printing - a fine clean like new collectible with like new dust jacket - enjoy.

Condizione: New.

Condizione: New.

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. He claimed to be the plainest kind of fellow you can find. There isnt a single thing Ive done, or experienced, said Grant Wood, thats been even the least bit exciting. Wood was one of Americas most famous regionalist painters; to love his work was the equivalent of loving America itself. In his time, he was an almost mythical figure, recognized most supremely for his hard-boiled farm scene, American Gothic, a painting that has come to reflect the essence of Americas traditional valuesa simple, decent, homespun tribute to our lost agrarian age. In this major new biography of Americas most acclaimed, and misunderstood, regionalist painter, Grant Wood is revealed to have been anything but plain, or simple . . . R. Tripp Evans reveals the true complexity of the man and the image Wood so carefully constructed of himself. Grant Wood called himself a farmer-painter but farming held little interest for him. He appeared to be a self-taught painter with his scenes of farmlands, farm workers, and folklore but he was classically trained, a sophisticated artist who had studied the Old Masters and Flemish art as well as impressionism. He lived a bohemian life and painted in Paris and Munich in the 1920s, fleeing what H. L. Mencken referred to as the booboisie of small-town America. We see Wood as an artist haunted and inspired by the images of childhood; by the complex relationship with his father (stern, pious, the manliest of men); with his sister and his beloved mother (Wood shared his studio and sleeping quarters with his mother until her death at seventy-seven; he was forty-four). We see Woods homosexuality and how his studied masculinity was a ruse that shaped his work.Here is Woods life and work explored more deeply and insightfully than ever before. Drawing on letters, the artists unfinished autobiography, his sisters writings, and many never-before-seen documents, Evanss book is a dimensional portrait of a deeply complicated artist who became a National Symbol. It is as well a portrait of the American art scene at a time when Americas Calvinistic spirit and provincialism saw Europe as decadent and artists were divided between red-blooded patriotic men and hothouse aesthetes. Thomas Hart Benton said of Grant Wood: When this new America looks back for landmarks to help gauge its forward footsteps, it will find a monument standing up in the midst of the wreckage . . . This monument will be made out of Grant Woods works. In this major new biography of America's most acclaimed, and misunderstood, regionalist painter, Grant Wood is revealed to have been anything but plain, or simple. Evans reveals the true complexity of the man and the image Wood so carefully constructed of himself. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condizione: As New. Unread copy in mint condition.

Condizione: Very Good. 402 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Remainder mark on bottom of page block. Otherwise, clean, tight copy with minor wear to edges. Record # 369006.

Hardcover. Condizione: Used - Very Good. He claimed to be 'the plainest kind of fellow you can find. There isn't a single thing I've done, or experienced,' said Grant Wood, 'that's been even the least bit exciting.' Wood was one of America's most famous regionalist painters; to love his work was the equivalent of loving America itself. In his time, he was an 'almost mythical figure,' recognized most supremely for his hard-boiled farm scene, 'American Gothic,' a painting that has come to reflect the essence of America's traditional values--a simple, decent, homespun tribute to our lost agrarian age. In this major new biography of America's most acclaimed, and misunderstood, regionalist painter, Grant Wood is revealed to have been anything but plain, or simple . . . R. Tripp Evans reveals the true complexity of the man and the image Wood so carefully constructed of himself. Grant Wood called himself a farmer-painter but farming held little interest for him. He appeared to be a self-taught painter with his scenes of farmlands, farm workers, and folklore but he was classically trained, a sophisticated artist who had studied the Old Masters and Flemish art as well as impressionism. He lived a bohemian life and painted in Paris and Munich in the 1920s, fleeing what H. L. Mencken referred to as 'the booboisie' of small-town America. We see Wood as an artist haunted and inspired by the images of childhood; by the complex relationship with his father (stern, pious, the 'manliest of men'); with his sister and his beloved mother (Wood shared his studio and sleeping quarters with his mother until her death at seventy-seven; he was forty-four). We see Wood's homosexuality and how his studied masculinity was a ruse that shaped his work. Here is Wood's life and work explored more deeply and insightfully than ever before. Drawing on letters, the artist's unfinished autobiography, his sister's writings, and many never-before-seen documents, Evans's book is a dimensional portrait of a deeply complicated artist who became a 'National Symbol.' It is as well a portrait of the American art scene at a time when America's Calvinistic spirit and provincialism saw Europe as decadent and artists were divided between red-blooded patriotic men and 'hothouse aesthetes.' Thomas Hart Benton said of Grant Wood: 'When this new America looks back for landmarks to help gauge its forward footsteps, it will find a monument standing up in the midst of the wreckage . . . This monument will be made out of Grant Wood's works.' In this major new biography of America's most acclaimed, and misunderstood, regionalist painter, Grant Wood is revealed to have been anything but plain, or simple. Evans reveals the true complexity of the man and the image Wood so carefully constructed of himself. Very nice clean, tight copy free of any marks. wrapped in complimentary Brodart dust jacket protector.…

Hardcover. Condizione: New. Condizione sovraccoperta: New. 1st Edition. Thin remainder line top edge . NEW. Not used. Fine tight strong bright clean jacket boards text. No text markings. Unopened copy. Author signed. Photographs (illustratore).

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Very Good Hardcover with Very Good Dustjacket NEW.

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. 1st Edition. ## AS NEW book is clean, tight, unclipped and unmarked. First Edition. First printing. Dust jacket is As New. Navy blue covers with gilt lettering on spine. Illustrated in black and white and in color. Flat SIGNED BY AUTHOR on half title page. Also, inscribed and SIGNED by author a second time on title page. No marks in or on book except as noted. Dust jacket protected in a crystal clear MYLAR cover. 402 pages. Bubble wrapped and custom boxed for standard shipping. As New Signed First Edition. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardback. Condizione: New.

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. 402pp. 9780307266293 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Y.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condizione: New. xii 402 16 of lates Index 1st Edition.

Hardcover. Condizione: New.

Condizione: New.

Condizione: New.