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Navigating the West: George Caleb Bingham and the River
Nenette Luarca-Shoaf
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Description for Navigating the West: George Caleb Bingham and the River
Hardback. A new look at George Caleb Bingham's iconic river paintings and his creative process in making them Num Pages: 200 pages, 174 colour images & 10 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACV; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 288 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1614.
A new look at George Caleb Bingham’s iconic river paintings and his creative process in making them
George Caleb Bingham (1811–1879) moved to Missouri as a child and began painting the scenes of Missouri life for which he is now famous in the 1840s. Navigating the West explores how Bingham’s iconic river paintings reveal the cultural and economic significance of the massive Mississippi and Missouri waterways to mid-19th-century society. Focusing on the artist’s working methods and preparatory drawings, the book also explores Bingham’s representations of people and places and situates these images in a dialogue with other contemporary ... Read more
A new look at George Caleb Bingham’s iconic river paintings and his creative process in making them
George Caleb Bingham (1811–1879) moved to Missouri as a child and began painting the scenes of Missouri life for which he is now famous in the 1840s. Navigating the West explores how Bingham’s iconic river paintings reveal the cultural and economic significance of the massive Mississippi and Missouri waterways to mid-19th-century society. Focusing on the artist’s working methods and preparatory drawings, the book also explores Bingham’s representations of people and places and situates these images in a dialogue with other contemporary ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300206708
SKU
V9780300206708
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About Nenette Luarca-Shoaf
Nenette Luarca-Shoaf is visiting research associate at the McNeil Center for Early American Studies. Claire Barry is director of conservation at the Kimbell Art Museum. Nancy Heugh is paper conservator and Janeen Turk is assistant curator of American art, both at the Saint Louis Art Museum. Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser is curator of American paintings and sculpture and Dorothy Mahon is ... Read more
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