Painters and Paintings in the Early American South / Carolyn J. Weekley.
2013
ND220 .W44 2013 (Mapit)
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Title
Painters and Paintings in the Early American South / Carolyn J. Weekley.
Author
Weekley, Carolyn J.
ISBN
9780300190762 hardcover alkaline paper
030019076X hardcover alkaline paper
9780879352523 hardcover alkaline paper
0879352523 hardcover alkaline paper
030019076X hardcover alkaline paper
9780879352523 hardcover alkaline paper
0879352523 hardcover alkaline paper
Published
Williamsburg, Virginia : Colonial Williamsburg Foundation ; New Heaven : in association with Yale University Press, [2013]
Copyright
©2013
Language
English
Description
ix, 438 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm
Call Number
ND220 .W44 2013
Dewey Decimal Classification
759.15
Summary
"This beautifully illustrated volume presents the complex ways in which the lives of artists, clients, and sitters were interconnected in the early American South. During this period, paintings included not only portraits, but also seascapes, landscapes, and pictures made by explorers and naturalists. The first comprehensive study of this subject, Painters and Paintings in the Early American South draws upon materials including diaries, correspondence, and newspapers in order to explore the stylistic trends of the period and the lives of the sitters, as gentility spread from the wealthiest southerners to the middle class. Featuring works by John Singleton Copley, Charles Willson Peale, and Benjamin West, among many others, this important book examines the training and status of painters, the distinction between fine art and the mechanical arts, the popularity of portraiture, and the nature of clientele between 1540 and 1790, providing a new, critical understanding of the history of art in the American South."--Publisher's website.
Note
Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum, Williamsburg, Virginia, Mar. 23, 2013-Sept. 7, 2014.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-422) and index.
Added Corporate Author
DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum.
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Table of Contents
Exploring the New World
Immigrants and early settlers
Native people and the natural world
A taste for art emerges
An increase in successful artists
Itinerancy becomes common
Trained painters for discerning consumers
Appendix A : Other known painters associated with the south between 1760 and 1791
Appendix B : Badger family tree
Appendix C : Dering family tree.
Immigrants and early settlers
Native people and the natural world
A taste for art emerges
An increase in successful artists
Itinerancy becomes common
Trained painters for discerning consumers
Appendix A : Other known painters associated with the south between 1760 and 1791
Appendix B : Badger family tree
Appendix C : Dering family tree.