Pressed in Time: American Prints 1905-1950 (Huntington Library Publications)
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| Rating | : | 4.83 (839 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0873282345 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 88 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-09-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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Jessica Todd Smith is the Virginia Steele Scott Curator of American Art at the Huntington. Kevin M. Murphy is the Huntington's Bradford and Christine Mishler Curatorial Fellow in American Art.
Kevin M. About the AuthorJessica Todd Smith is the Virginia Steele Scott Curator of American Art at the Huntington. Murphy is the Huntington's Bradford and Christine Mishler Curatorial Fellow in American Art.
During this period of dramatic social and cultural change, printmaking served artists as a cost-effective means of communicating their observations and ideas. The skyscraper, for instance, became a prime subject, admired for its roots in American architecture as well as its associations with national power. This volume chronicles the development of printmaking in America through the first half of the twentieth century. Woodcuts, etchings, and lithographs—many illustrated here—by artists such as Thomas Hart Benton, Childe Hassam, Edward Hopper, John Sloan, and Grant Wood addressed a variety of themes, including urbanization, small-town life, the Great Depression, the California landscape, and the two World Wars. Other prints demonstrate a heroic conception of industry and an idealized view of life in the nation's agrari
WEST FORTY-SECOND STREET, NIGHT, 1922 The carving tools and dynamic artwork of American printmakers exist in their own special world, far from the media glare and public acceptance. Perhaps one of the ultimate "niche" arts, intaglio etching and aquatint prints are generally dismissed as "too modernistic", "too austere", "too intellectual", or "too kitsch" by the self-appointed Those Who Know Better. In 2005, two important print c