Thomas Moran/survey Amer W Pb [Paperback]

Jl Kinsey (Author)

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Paperback: 240 pages
Publisher: Smithsonian (Dec 16 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1560981709
ISBN-13: 978-1560981701
Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 1.5 x 25.3 cm
Shipping Weight: 816 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,233,109 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #5 in Books > Arts & Photography > Artists, A-Z > ( M-O ) > Moran, Thomas

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“[Thomas Moran and the Surveying of the American West] significantly enlarges our understanding of how the West was imaged, imagined, and marketed.”—Journal of the West

“By elucidating how his works were part of the larger enterprise of developing and settling the American West, Kinsey contributes a great deal to scholarship on Thomas Moran. . . . Kinsey's book offers the reader valuable insights into the art of Moran, the visual efforts of the Great Surveys, and the complex association of surrounding networks.”—Winterthur Portfolio

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Presenting the first in-depth study of Thomas Moran's early western landscapes, Joni Louise Kinsey describes how the artist created three monumental paintings—The Grand Cañon of the Yellowstone (1872), The Chasm of the Colorado (1873-74), and The Mountain of the Holy Cross (1875)—that, in the aftermath of the Civil War, evoked the nation's spiritual journey and suggestsed its cultural upheaval. The author describes how the paintings reflected a new national identity of both failure and promise, and helped open the West for tourism and travel.

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Amazon.com: 3.5 out of 5 stars (2 customer reviews)

23 of 24 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars where's the color?, July 17 2001

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This review is from: Thomas Moran/survey Amer W Pb (Paperback)

A bit of a major disappointment for a book with good B/W illustrations, this is a book about one of the great colorist painters of landscape art. Disheartened.

7 of 11 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars thomas moran and the american west, Sep 23 2000

By Cecily Corcoran - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: Thomas Moran/survey Amer W Pb (Paperback)

This is one of the most extensive books on Thomas Moran's life. The Smithsonian recently published it (1992). It also has an excellent assortment of pictures of his works. For a complete overview of his work and life, this is the book to have.

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