Western art of America's frontier years, from about 1825 to 1925, has traditionally been perceived as the art most representative of the country's cultural and historical essence. European American explorers were accompanied or soon followed by adventuresome artists whose drawings and paintings provided the first glimpses that eastern audiences had of this vast region and captured both its romantic allure and its commercial possibilities. The artists - Albert Bierstadt, George Catlin, Marsden Hartley, Alfred Jacob Miller, ...
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Western art of America's frontier years, from about 1825 to 1925, has traditionally been perceived as the art most representative of the country's cultural and historical essence. European American explorers were accompanied or soon followed by adventuresome artists whose drawings and paintings provided the first glimpses that eastern audiences had of this vast region and captured both its romantic allure and its commercial possibilities. The artists - Albert Bierstadt, George Catlin, Marsden Hartley, Alfred Jacob Miller, Thomas Moran, Fanny R. Palmer, Frederick Remington, Charles M. Russell, and John Mix Stanley, among others - presented a fabulous vision of the West that was at once Edenic and bountiful as well as dangerous and forbidding.
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Very good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!
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Very good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!
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Fine. No Jacket. Book NEW COPY with uncreased spine, no owner marks in book and no wear to the cover. Large book so no priority or international orders please. art.
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Fine Condition. Book 176 pages 127 illustrations in color. Minor rubbing to the paper covers and edges. Stiff Illustrated wraps. Oblong. Published on the occasion of the exhibition from The Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson MS April 30-June 6, 2000. Further Reading.
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VG (May be ex-library, with spine label and few marks, otherwise Like New. ) Gray & pictorial wraps, French flaps, 175 pp. Profuse color plates. Includes works by Albert Bierstadt, George Catlin, Marsden Hartley, Alfred Jacob Miller, Thomas Moran, Fanny Palmer, Frederic Remington, Charles Russell, and John Mix Stanley, among others. "Through their collective images the West became an icon of national identity." (flap) Beautiful. And it's not just cowboys and Indians.
