Like Breath on Glass : Whistler, Inness, and the Art of Painting Softly Marc AZ
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- ISBN
- 9780300134063
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Yale University Press
ISBN-10
0300134061
ISBN-13
9780300134063
eBay Product ID (ePID)
64201499
Product Key Features
Book Title
Like Breath on Glass : Whistler, Inness, and the Art of Painting Softly
Number of Pages
280 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Individual Artists / General, History / Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945), Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General, American / General, History / General
Publication Year
2008
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Art
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight
56.9 Oz
Item Length
10.5 in
Item Width
9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2008-002678
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"[A] stunning catalogue. Seven essays . . . illuminate the aesthetic of painting softly first formed by Whistler in the 1870s and pursued by other American painters. . . . Superb color plates and documentation. Essential."-Choice, "[A] stunning catalogue. Seven essays . . . illuminate the aesthetic of painting softly first formed by Whistler in the 1870s and pursued by other American painters. . . . Superb color plates and documentation. Essential."- Choice, "[A] stunning catalogue. Seven essays . . . illuminate the aesthetic of painting softly first formed by Whistler in the 1870s and pursued by other American painters. . . . Superb color plates and documentation. Essential."�Choice
Dewey Decimal
759.13074/7441
Synopsis
"Paint should not be applied thick," James McNeill Whistler once famously stated. "It should be like breath on the surface of a pane of glass." Through an innovative manner of handling paint, a group of American artists around 1900 created deceptively simple canvases that convey images of shimmering transience, visions suggested rather than delineated. Focusing on this singular aesthetic characteristic--softness-- Like Breath on Glass explores this painterly phenomenon through works by fifteen important artists, including Whistler, George Inness, William Merritt Chase, Thomas Wilmer Dewing, John Twachtman, and Edward Steichen. Leading scholars in American art consider a wide variety of topics: the very different motives--technical, social, religious, and scientific--that prompted these artists in their experimentation; their materials; their techniques for creating the appearance of effortlessness; period notions of "the vague" through art and writing; and the revival of "painting softly" in the 1950s and 1960s. This beautifully produced and lavishly illustrated catalogue highlights a surprisingly understudied yet important aspect of American cultural and painterly achievement., "Paint should not be applied thick," James McNeill Whistler once famously stated. "It should be like breath on the surface of a pane of glass." Through an innovative manner of handling paint, a group of American artists around 1900 created deceptively simple canvases that convey images of shimmering transience, visions suggested rather than delineated. Focusing on this singular aesthetic characteristic--softness--"Like Breath on Glass" explores this painterly phenomenon through works by fifteen important artists, including Whistler, George Inness, William Merritt Chase, Thomas Wilmer Dewing, John Twachtman, and Edward Steichen. Leading scholars in American art consider a wide variety of topics: the very different motives--technical, social, religious, and scientific--that prompted these artists in their experimentation; their materials; their techniques for creating the appearance of effortlessness; period notions of "the vague" through art and writing; and the revival of "painting softly" in the 1950s and 1960s. This beautifully produced and lavishly illustrated catalogue highlights a surprisingly understudied yet important aspect of American cultural and painterly achievement.
LC Classification Number
ND210.S57 2008
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