- Hardcover: 192 pages
- Publisher: Counterpoint (September 1995)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1887178015
- ISBN-13: 978-1887178013
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 626 g
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
Product Details |
Product Description
From Booklist
Alfred Stieglitz exhibited, defended, and promoted the most revolutionary artists he could find, especially the four painters showcased in this volume: Arthur Dove, John Marin, Marsden Hartley, and Georgia O'Keeffe. Their work, along with Stieglitz's own stunning cloud photographs, is at the core of the famous Phillips Collection housed in Washington, D.C. Duncan Phillips, an intrepid collector, forged a complicated alliance with Stieglitz, one that survived serious conflicts and led to the creation of the first modern art museum in the country. Both Stieglitz and Phillips were avid about art that was genuinely American in its spirit, innovation, and connection to the land. All five artists meet and exceed these criteria as they merge mindscape and landscape. Dove tops the list both in number of works and in the daring of his organic yet mystical compositions. Marin's translucent yet energetic watercolors stand in strong contrast to Hartley's saturated, heavily worked oils; O'Keeffe contributes a distilled sensuality; and Stieglitz captures the abstract beauty of sky and cloud. Curator Turner has chosen well both in terms of colorplates and text, which contains a lively history of Phillips' collecting venture. Donna Seaman
Book Description
In the American Grain gathers work from the Stieglitz circle as acquired by Duncan Phillips: paintings by Arthur Dove, Marsden Hartley, John Marin, and Georgia O'Keeffe; Stieglitz's own photographic "Equivalents". These artists defied European tradition, exhibiting a bold, original style that signaled art's coming of age in America.
Tag this product(What's this?)Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items. |
Customer Reviews
|
There are no customer reviews yet on Amazon.ca
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews on Amazon.com (beta)
Amazon.com:
5.0 out of 5 stars (1 customer review)
11 of 18 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Darn! Another Book Out of Print!, July 18 2008
By Customer Formerly Known as Giordano Bruno - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: In the American Grain: Arthur Dove, Marsden Hartley, John Marin, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Alfred Stieglitz : The Stieglitz Circle at the Phillips Collection (Hardcover)
No point reviewing it in detail. Hartley, Dove, and O'Keefe are three of my favorite 20th C painters, and I was reminded of this book by seeing some of their works in the new De Young Museum in San Francisco. Hartley's stock seems to be rising these days. The Walker Museum in Minneapolis is the best place to get to know him. I had a chance to buy a Hartley canvas some twenty years ago, but I thought it was overpriced. Terrible mistake! It would sell for six to eight times more now. With critical assessments shifting from the who-influenced-whom approach to a more open-eyed confrontation with the paintings per se, Hartley is bound to rise even higher.The new De Young didn't thrill me at first. It looks a lot like Darth Vader's garage from the outside, and it was built to house an essentially provincial collection. HOWEVER... It's getting a comfortable feeling inside, with excellent viewing angles and light, and the collection includes three wonders: 1)great stuff from Indonesia, well displayed and intelligently labeled. 2)great stuff from Mesoamerica, also well displayed. 3)about four good gallery rooms of 20th C American paintings, including the three mentioned above, and Diebenkorn, Jess, de Kooning, Hopper, TH Benton, etc. I like to jog through Golden Gate Park, stop at the De Young to view just one gallery or even one painting, and then jog out to the Pacific.
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
- Books > Arts & Photography > Artists, A-Z > ( D-F ) > Dove, Arthur
- Books > Arts & Photography > Artists, A-Z > ( M-O ) > Marin, John
- Books > Arts & Photography > Artists, A-Z > ( M-O ) > O'Keeffe, Georgia
- Books > Arts & Photography > Design & Decorative Arts > Graphic Design
- Books > Arts & Photography > History & Criticism
- Books > Arts & Photography > Museums & Collections > Museums > Exhibition Catalogues
- Books > Arts & Photography > Museums & Collections > Museums > Permanent Collection Catalogs
- Books > Arts & Photography > Other Media > Mixed Media
- Books > Arts & Photography > Painting
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
