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American Art: A Cultural History by Bjelajac, David

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Condition
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Binding
Paperback
Weight
1 lbs
Product Group
Book
IsTextBook
Yes
ISBN
9780130838162
Publication Year
2000
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Book Title
American Art
Illustrator
Yes
Author
David Bjelajac
Publisher
Prentice Hall PTR
Genre
Art
Item Length
10 in
Topic
American / General
Item Width
8 in
Number of Pages
400 Pages

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Drawing on socio-economic and political studies as well as histories of religion, science, literature, and popular culture, this book explores the diverse, conflicted history of American art and architecture within the United States from the European voyages of discovery and colonial conquest to the present dawn of a new millennium. Thematically interrelates the arts of architecture, painting, sculpture, and photography instead of compartmentalizing the different media in separate chapters, providing an ideal format for readers understanding of the various historical and cultural contexts discussed throughout the book. Contemporary criticism and art commentaries are examined, demonstrating to readers how artworks are consumed as well as produced in relation to particular political and social conditions. Artworks that were extremely popular during the period in which they were produced, and later retrospectively dismissed by art historians, are also included and examined, encouraging readers toanalyze the popular success or failure of individual art objects by interpreting their production and consumption in historical depth from multiple cultural, political, and social viewpoints.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Prentice Hall PTR
ISBN-10
0130838160
ISBN-13
9780130838162
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1711962

Product Key Features

Book Title
American Art
Number of Pages
400 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2000
Topic
American / General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Art
Author
David Bjelajac
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Length
10 in
Item Width
8 in

Additional Product Features

Dewey Edition
21
Lccn
00-022802
Dewey Decimal
701/.03/0973
Lc Classification Number
N72.S6b55 2001
Table of Content
Though broadly chronological, the book is structured around various themes, such as the animating power of religious imagery in the seventeenth century, the cultivation of republican virtue in the eighteenth century, and a split national identity in the Civil War era. The final chapters document the rise of a conflicted Avant-Garde, the populism and public art of the Depression years, the Abstract Expressionists, and the postmodern 1990s. Famous works by established names such as Charles Bulfinch, Benjamin West, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Mathew Brady, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Jeff Koons are freshly interpreted next to vernacular imagery—a masonic apron, an earthenware mug, a satirical cartoon, or a labor union poster. Dismissing the idea of art as a stately evolution of styles or "-isms," the author sees America's visual culture as an arena in which conflicting notions of class, gender, race, and regional allegiance are fought. Stepping outside traditional art-historical discourse, he launches boldly into the realms of politics, religion, science, literature, and popular culture in order to analyze individual art works within their specific historical contexts. Throughout, using generous quotations from primary sources, Bjelajac pays close attention to how contemporary artists, audiences, and beholders from different backgrounds have talked about specific works, the nature of art, and the artist's role in American society.
Copyright Date
2001

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