Themes in American Painting: A Reference Work to Common Styles and Genres

Name: Themes in American Painting: A Reference Work to Common Styles and Genres
Brand: McFarland & Co Inc
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By Robert Henkes

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Examined are 13 common themes in American painting: mother and child; modes of transportation; the clown; the city; sports; the crucifixion; interiors; natural disasters; wars and aftermath; protest and injustice; still life; self-portraits; and music. The work of many artists (Ben Shahn, Frederic Remington, Arthur Dove, Jacob Lawrence and many others) are used to illustrate common styles. The themes and artists were chosen to represent varying emotional moods and approaches to composition; naturalism, realism, cubism, abstract, abstract expressionism, photorealism and pop schools of art are represented. Heavily illustrated.

Product details

Number of Pages:

256

Release Date:

1992-12-01

Publication Date:

1992-12-01

Publisher:

McFarland & Co Inc

Languages:

Published: English, Original: English

ISBN10:

0899507344

Weight:

726 g

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