Isbn: 9780916141196 - the new-york journal of american history 4 (2 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 144 pages. ISSN 1551-5486. Softcover in excellent condition except for shelfwear to spine and label affixed to spine. Inside clean, tight and pristine.

Softcover. Condizione: VG. White and electric peach wraps, with diecut "4" in front cover; 144 pp., color and BW illus. One single issue of this historical society periodical, with the singular focus of the life and work of 19th-century American artist Asher B. Durand (1796-1886). Contains nine essays, the text of a letter by Durand, and a full-color portfolio of 14 of his paintings. With additional society information, reviews, and regular features. Scarce, on its own. Contents as follows: Introduction: landscapes / Valerie Paley -- The world of Asher B. Durand / Linda Ferber -- Mapping Durand / Barbara Novak -- Asher B. Durand: making a reputation in antebellum New York / Barbara Dater Gallati -- The founding of the New-York Gallery of the Fne Arts: an important manuscript discovery / Christine I. Oaklander -- Features of sublimity: Asher B. Durand's The Stranded Ship / Rachel Wadsworth Stazi -- "A trespasser on your grounds": Durand in Cole's America / Kevin J. Avery -- Durands phrenological prospects / Charles Colbert -- Thomas Cole: three portraits of an artist / Sandra Markham -- "Nature is a sovereign remedy": Durand and tha abortive landscape / Rebecca Bedell -- Asher B. Durand, William Cullen Bryant, and the origins of Central Park / Linda Fischer and Harrison Hunt -- Letters on landscape painting: letter II / Asher B. Durand -- Asher B. Durand: a portfolio of paintings -- Books in brief -- Teacher feature: pre-Civil War reform / Steven Mintz -- The Dred Scott decision, 1857 / Matthew Pinsker -- At the N-YHS: Departments; Exhibitions; Recent Acquisitions; Staff; Membership -- Endnote: circular logic.…