9780874747140 - Tropical Renaissance: North American Artists Exploring Latin America, 1839-1879 di Manthorne, Katherine E. (4 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing with full number line. A fine copy in a fine DJ, now protected in removable archival mylar. See my photos of the book you will receive, not stock photos. More available upon request. This book is in my possession and will be packed in bubble wrap and shipped in a cardboard box. USPS tracking provided. #170.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. Over 25 artists, many with their their itineraries covered including Catlin, Burkhardt and Agassiz, Whistler, Church, Field, Mignot, Stephens, Catherwood. Peale, and Heade. Generously illustrated in black & white and in color. A crisp, clean copy.235 pages, 9 1/4" x 10 1/4'. Heavy book, sorry no international orders.

Hardcover. Green cloth, gilt letters on spine, pictorial dust jacket; protective plastic cover. 235 pp. 8 color, 100 bw plates. "In the period from 1839 to 1879, at least thirty artist-travelers made long arduous treks through Central and South America. Among them were both the famous and lesser known -- Frederic Church, Titian Peale, Norton Bush, James M. Whistler, and Martin Heade. For the most part their journeys were decisive factors int heir artistic careers, constituting a major formative influence or a turning point and providing the subjects that played substantial roles in their oeuvres." (dj) Chapter titles include [Latin America: Myth and Reality]: Myths and Mind Sets: Historical Preconceptions Attracting Travelers to Latin America; Art in The Context of United States-Latin America Relations From The Vantage Point of 1859. [Science and The Search For Origins]: Cataclysm and Creation: Church and The Question of Terrestrial Origins; "The Indians, Where From": The Archaeological Quest; The Organic World: Agassiz, Heade and Darwin's Challenge. [Romanticism and The Exotic South]: Louis Mignot and The Romance of The Tropics; The Syncretism of South and East: James Whistler in Chile. Appendix 1 lists biographies and itineraries of Artist-Travelers. Select Bibliography, index. A wonderful reference. VG/VG. light shelfwear & light sunning to board edges. creasing to spine ends. light foxing to upper block edges.

Condizione: Very good. x, 235, Numerous b/w & col illus. . PB. Vg in d/w. . [9780874747140].