The Civil War Paintings of Mort Künstler Volume 1

Name: The Civil War Paintings of Mort Künstler Volume 1
Brand: Turner Publishing Company
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By Mort Kunstler

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For nearly thirty years, Mort Kunstler has focused his considerable artistic talent on interpreting the Civil War. In crafting his work to reflect poignant moments or critical circumstances of the conflict, he has turned to leading historians and scholars for informative details that he has then translated on canvas to create an indelible image of this defining ordeal in America's history. More than 160 of these images?supplemented by preliminary sketches, early studies, and photographs of works in progress?are the basis for this book. Kunstler has also explored the human side of this national struggle. Thus he has produced thoughtful studies of leaders at decisive moments, instances of daily camp life for the soldiers, and those early romantic notions that it would be a bloodless war, predicated on the belief that a show of inner strength would prevail. In the past twenty years, Kunstler's portfolio has been published in twelve books, including companion pieces for the epic films ?Ge

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Number of Pages:: 239
Release Date:: 2006-10-01
Publication Date:: 2006-10-01
Publisher:: Turner Publishing Company
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 1581825560
ISBN13:: 9781581825565
Weight:: 581 g
Height:: 16.1 cm
Width:: 17.3 cm
Thickness:: 2.5 cm

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