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Wild Spaces, Open Seasons - Hunting and Fishing in American Art (Paperback)
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Wild Spaces, Open Seasons - Hunting and Fishing in American Art (Paperback)
Series: The Charles M. Russell Center Series on Art and Photography of the American West
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Wild Spaces, Open Seasons traces the theme of hunting and fishing
in American art from the early nineteenth century through World War
II. Describing a remarkable group of American paintings and
sculpture, the contributors reveal the pervasiveness of the
subjects and the fascinating contexts from which they emerged. In
one important example after another, the authors demonstrate that
representations of hunting and fishing did more than illustrate
subsistence activities or diverting pastimes. The portrayal of
American hunters and fishers also spoke to American ambitions and
priorities. In his introduction, noted outdoorsman and author
Stephen J. Bodio surveys the book's major artists, who range from
society painters to naturalists and modernists. Margaret C. Adler
then explores how hunting and fishing imagery in American art
reflects traditional myths, some rooted in classicism, others in
the American appetite for tall tales. Kory W. Rogers, in his
discussion of works that valorize the dangers hunters faced
pursuing their prey, shows how American artists constructed new
rituals at a time when the United States was rapidly transforming
from a frontier society into a modern urban nation. Shirley
Reece-Hughes looks at depictions of families, pairs, and parties of
hunters and fishers and how social bonding reinvigorated American
society at a time of social, political, and cultural change.
Finally, Adam M. Thomas considers themes of exploration and hunting
as integral to conveying the individualism that was a staple of
westward expansion. In their depictions of the hunt or the catch,
American artists connected a dynamic and developing nation to its
past and its future. Through the examination of major works of art,
Wild Spaces, Open Seasons brings to light an often-overlooked theme
in American painting and sculpture.
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