Martin Johnson Heade in Florida

Martin Johnson Heade in Florida
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 142
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ISBN-10 : 081302661X
ISBN-13 : 9780813026619
Rating : 4/5 (1X Downloads)

Synopsis Martin Johnson Heade in Florida by : Roberta Smith Favis

Annotation. "Roberta Favis tells the story of the last two decades of the life and artistic career of Martin Johnson Heade (1819-1904), when the peripatetic painter settled permanently in St. Augustine, Florida. Providing generous illustrations in both black and white" Annotation. Roberta Favis tells the story of the last two decades of the life and artistic career of Martin Johnson Heade (1819-1904), when the peripatetic painter settled permanently in St. Augustine, Florida. Providing generous illustrations in both black and white and color, she reassesses his career and importance by focusing on this late period of his work and looking more closely at his local context and the contemporary issues particular to the state that became his home. The history of Heade's career in Florida is, like many Florida stories, a complicated interplay between the forces of tourism and development and the rich natural beauty of the state. Favis closely examines Heade's relation to the development of tourism in St. Augustine and uses his writings to show his sometimes conflicting attitudes toward development and conservation. He artistically celebrated the beauties of the state being touted as "the new Eden," but he was an active participant in the projects of Henry Flagler to transform St. Augustine into a mecca for northern tourists, while his writings expressed concern that the pristine environment and its inhabitants were already threatened. In words and in pictures, Heade spoke of the vitality, beauty, and the fragility of Florida. Combining his biography, art, and writing, Favis captures and early chapter in the history of art in Florida and brings to light an early and compelling advocate for the preservation of the state's natural riches. ... Adapted from jacket.

Hudson River School

Hudson River School
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Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 202
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ISBN-10 : 9780300101164
ISBN-13 : 0300101163
Rating : 4/5 (64 Downloads)

Synopsis Hudson River School by : Amy Ellis

A breathtaking selection of works from the largest and finest collection of Hudson River paintings in the world Hudson River School paintings are among America's most admired and well-loved artworks. Such artists as Thomas Cole, Frederic Church, and Albert Bierstadt left a powerful legacy to American art, embodying in their epic works the reverence for nature and the national idealism that prevailed during the middle of the nineteenth century. This book features fifty-seven major Hudson River School paintings from the collection of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, recognized as the most extensive and finest in the world. Gorgeously and amply illustrated, the book includes paintings by all the major figures of the Hudson River School. Each work is beautifully reproduced in full color and is accompanied by a concise description of its significance and historical background. The book also includes artists' biographies and a brief introduction to American nineteenth-century landscape painting and the Wadsworth Atheneum's unique role in collecting Hudson River pictures.

The Life and Work of Martin Johnson Heade

The Life and Work of Martin Johnson Heade
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Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 408
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ISBN-10 : 9780300081831
ISBN-13 : 0300081839
Rating : 4/5 (31 Downloads)

Synopsis The Life and Work of Martin Johnson Heade by : Theodore E. Stebbins

Martin Johnson Heade was one of the most significant American painters of the nineteenth century, creator of portraits, history and genre pictures, still lifes, ornithological studies, landscapes, and marines, and his own unique orchid and hummingbird compositions. This book brings a perspective to Heade and his works, presenting him as one of the most original and productive painters of his time. Theodore Stebbins builds on his acclaimed 1975 study of Heade, drawing on several newly discovered collections of Heade's letters and the painter's own Brazilian journal. Stebbins tells of Heade's training and early career as an itinerant portraitist and discusses his move to New York, where, under the influence of Frederic E. Church, he began painting landscapes and seascapes. He examines Heade's relationships with patrons and dealers, writers and scientists, and he sheds new light on Heade’s trips to Brazil, to the Central American tropics, and to London. And he describes Heade's move to Florida in 1883, which marked not his retirement but a final period of creativity that lasted until his death in 1904. The book includes not only an examination of Heade's life and works but also reproductions of all his 620 known paintings, including nearly 250 that have been discovered since 1975.

Martin Johnson Heade, 1819-1904

Martin Johnson Heade, 1819-1904
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Publisher : Hassell Street Press
Total Pages : 116
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ISBN-10 : 101514456X
ISBN-13 : 9781015144569
Rating : 4/5 (6X Downloads)

Synopsis Martin Johnson Heade, 1819-1904 by : Robert G (Robert George) McIntyre

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

American Paradise

American Paradise
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Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Total Pages : 367
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ISBN-10 : 9780870994975
ISBN-13 : 0870994972
Rating : 4/5 (75 Downloads)

Synopsis American Paradise by : Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Traces the history of the Hudson River School of American painters, shows works by Church, Cole, and Inness, and describes the background of each painting.

Martin Johnson Heade

Martin Johnson Heade
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Publisher : University of Washington Press
Total Pages : 86
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015041341994
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Rating : 4/5 (94 Downloads)

Synopsis Martin Johnson Heade by : Barbara Novak

Martin Johnson Heade (1819-1904) was under-appreciated during his lifetime, forgotten in death, and rediscovered four decades later, yet today he is recognized as one of the most important artists America has produced. This book surveys Heade's long and diverse career and includes examples of his portraits, landscapes, hummingbirds, still lifes, and flowers. Heade's history is vague; he was an artist who wrote often and copiously, but seldom about his own work or himself. Although his work will continue to be researched and his philosophical and aesthetic concerns speculated on, he will, nevertheless, remain enigmatic.

The Prints of Vija Celmins

The Prints of Vija Celmins
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Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Total Pages : 58
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ISBN-10 : 9780300097719
ISBN-13 : 0300097719
Rating : 4/5 (19 Downloads)

Synopsis The Prints of Vija Celmins by : Samantha Rippner

Vija Celmins has been engaged with printmaking since the early 1960s. This volume presents a catalogue of Celmins's graphic work up to the year 2002, and also features an interview with the artist and two of her closest collaborators, master printers Leslie Miller and Doris Simmelink.

Martin Johnson Heade

Martin Johnson Heade
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Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 197
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ISBN-10 : 0300081693
ISBN-13 : 9780300081695
Rating : 4/5 (93 Downloads)

Synopsis Martin Johnson Heade by : Theodore E. Stebbins

Martin Johnson Heade (1819-1904) had the longest career and produced perhaps the most varied body of work of any American painter of the nineteenth century. His prolific oeuvre ranges from American coastal marshes and marine landscapes to the lush tropical splendor of South and Central American landscapes, birds, and flowers. An independent thinker as well as a world traveler, Heade developed a singular approach to landscape and still life painting, adapting some elements of the style and practice of the Hudson River School to his own more Darwinian vision. While Heade had only a minor reputation in his own day and was completely forgotten for many decades after his death, he is now rightly regarded as an artist of great significance and originality, and as the only American whose landscapes and still lifes are equally important. In this elegantly illustrated book, the catalogue for the second major retrospective of Heade's work in thirty years, Theodore Stebbins and his collaborators focus on the major themes of Heade's work: seascapes, salt marshes, landscapes, tropical landscapes, the "gems" of Brazil (as hummingbirds are known), passion flowers, orchids, and his late work in Florida. There are also chapters on Heade's critics and the development of Heade's painting technique.

The Artist Project

The Artist Project
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Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Total Pages : 274
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ISBN-10 : 9780714873541
ISBN-13 : 0714873543
Rating : 4/5 (41 Downloads)

Synopsis The Artist Project by : Christopher Noey

Artists have long been stimulated and motivated by the work of those who came before them—sometimes, centuries before them. Interviews with 120 international contemporary artists discussing works from The Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection that spark their imagination shed new light on art-making, museums, and the creative process. Images of works from The Met collection appear alongside images of the contemporary artists' work, allowing readers to discover a rich web of visual connections that spans cultures and millennia.

An Eye for Art

An Eye for Art
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Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Total Pages : 187
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ISBN-10 : 9781613748978
ISBN-13 : 1613748973
Rating : 4/5 (78 Downloads)

Synopsis An Eye for Art by : National Gallery of Art

Lavishly illustrated with hundreds of full-color images, this family-oriented art resource introduces children to more than 50 great artists and their work, with corresponding activities and explorations that inspire artistic development, focused looking, and creative writing. This treasure trove of artwork from the National Gallery of Art includes, among others, works by Raphael, Rembrandt, Georgia O’Keeffe, Henri Matisse, Chuck Close, Jacob Lawrence, Pablo Picasso, and Alexander Calder, representing a wide range of artistic styles and techniques. Written by museum educators with decades of hands-on experience in both art-making activities and making art relatable to children, the activities include sculpting a clay figure inspired by Edgar Degas; drawing an object from touch alone, inspired by Joan Miro’s experience as an art student; painting a double-sided portrait with one side reflecting physical traits and the other side personality traits, inspired by Leonardo da Vinci’s Ginevra de' Benci; and creating a story based on a Mary Cassatt painting. Educators, homeschoolers, and families alike will find their creativity sparked by this art extravaganza.