William Rimmer A Yankee Michelangelo

Author : William Rimmer
Publisher : University Press of New England
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book William Rimmer, a Yankee Michelangelo written by William Rimmer and published by University Press of New England. This book was released on 1985 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Rimmer (1816-1879) has long been considered an important figure in American art. He has been mentioned in all the major surveys of nineteenth-century American art, yet this is the first book devoted solely to him since 1946, when the last major exhibition of his work was held. Directed at an educated, popular audience, the book contains information on all of Rimmer's major work and presents many new findings about his life. In spite of the many developments in American rat research in the past four decades, RImmer has remained a particularly elusive figure - hard to know and harder still to categorize within the larger context of American art and style. This book reestablishes the details of Rimmer's career and reconsiders the quality of his artistry. -- from back cover.

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Download or read book William Rimmer written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 : 9780934358149
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book William Rimmer written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 118 pages
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Download or read book William Rimmer written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Dorinda Evans
Publisher : Open Book Publishers
ISBN 13 : 180064759X
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book William Rimmer written by Dorinda Evans and published by Open Book Publishers. This book was released on 2022-12-05 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Rimmer (1816–1879) is arguably the first modernist American sculptor, although his inventive originality has not been fully acknowledged. Rimmer cultivated an art of ideas and personal expression whilst supporting himself as a physician and, later, as a teacher of art anatomy at the Cooper Union School of Design for Women in New York. Unlike his contemporaries, he advocated the creation of sculpture drawn entirely from the artist’s imagination, as opposed to antique archetypes or live models. In this way, he sought to reframe excellence in American art as something that must be found within, rather than derived from Europe. In this new monograph, the meaning of Rimmer’s works is for the first time considered from a combination of perspectives, such as close visual analysis (including X-ray and infrared), historical documentation, and social context. These are enriched with discussion of the artist’s own bipolar disorder, deeply-held spiritualism, and views on gender equality—considering women just as talented as men, he used naked male models in all-female classes long before his contemporaries, and produced an allegorical sculpture of fighting lions that criticized the tyranny of men over women. This book will be of great interest to academics, students, art museums, collectors, dealers, art historians, and members of the public with an affinity for Rimmer’s work. It will also appeal to those with a broader interest in American culture.

Author : Charles Colbert
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 9780807846735
Total Pages : 474 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Measure of Perfection written by Charles Colbert and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 1997 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite its widespread popularity in antebellum America, phrenology has rarely been taken seriously as a cultural phenomenon. Charles Colbert seeks to redress this neglect by demonstrating the important contributions the theory made to artistic developmen

Author : Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN 13 : 0870999141
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Sculpture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art: A catalogue of works by artists born before 1865 written by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 1999 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume One: This volume catalogues the distinguished and comprehensive collection of approximately 400 works of American sculpture by artists born before 1865. This publication includes an introduction on the history of the collection's formation, particularly in the context of the Museum's early years of acquisitions, and discusses the outstanding personalities involved. --Metropolitan Museum of Art website.

Author : Matthew Baigell
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 0429971273
Total Pages : 462 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Concise History Of American Painting And Sculpture written by Matthew Baigell and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2018-02-23 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This clear, thorough, and reliable survey of American painting and sculpture from colonial times to the present day covers all the major artists and their works, outlines the social and cultural backgrounds of each period, and includes 409 illustrations integrated with the text. Although some determining factors in American art are considered, Matthew Baigell views the rich and diverse achievements of American art as the result of the efforts and talents of a pluralistic society rather than as fitting into a particular mold.This edition includes corrections and revisions to the text, an updated bibliography, and 13 new illustrations.

Author : Lincoln Kirstein
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Total Pages : 48 pages
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Download or read book William Rimmer, His Life & Art written by Lincoln Kirstein and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Dorinda Evans
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351565567
Total Pages : 296 pages
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Download or read book Gilbert Stuart and the Impact of Manic Depression written by Dorinda Evans and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early American painter Gilbert Stuart has long been mistakenly represented as a hard-drinking rogue, habitual liar, and inexplicable financial failure. To explain his stylistic unevenness as an artist, he is assumed to have had an inferior assistant, but the documentary evidence for an assistant who painted on his portraits is non-existent-in fact, there is evidence to the contrary. This ground-breaking study demonstrates that Stuart suffered from a hereditary form of manic depression, leading him to create pictures that contain peculiar lapses characteristic of a manic-depressive, or bipolar, artist. Using documentary and empirical evidence-from diaries and letters to x-radiographs of paintings-this book fills important gaps in our knowledge of Stuart, and connects the strange visual effects in some of Stuart's paintings with cognitive deficits attendant with the disorder. In addition to Stuart, other bipolar artists, including George Romney, Raphaelle Peale, Gilbert Stuart Newton, and William Rimmer, are discussed in relation to these deficits, revealing patterns which carry broader implications for all manic-depressive artists. This volume is a significant contribution not only to studies of Stuart and the four other painters but also to our understanding of the mind of a manic-depressive artist. It bridges the broad disciplines of art history and psychopathology.