An American Art Colony (Hardcover)

An American Art Colony demonstrates the social dimension of American art in the 20th century, paying special attention to the role of fellow artists, nonartists and the historical context of art production. The book treats the art colony, not as a static addendum to an artist's profile, but rather an essential ingredient in artistic life. The art colony here becomes an historical entity that changes over time and influences the kind of art that ensues. It is a special methodology of the study that collective features of three generation of artists help clarify how artists engage their audiences. Since many of these artists worked within the cultural confines of metropolitan New York and its magazine industry, they cultivated subjects that were recognizable by ordinary citizens. Early on, they drew from the emergent suburban life of their neighbors for their artistic themes. Gradually these contexts become more formally institutionalized and their subjects gravitated away from themes of ordinary life to themes more exotic, expressionistic and fanciful. A key methodology for this study consisted of an analysis of collective biographies of 170 participating artists. The theme of modern art explains here how abstraction was suborned to public images, widening the very meaning of the term modern.

General

Imprint:	Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2019
Authors:	Paul H Mattingly
Dimensions:	238 x 162 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	280
ISBN-13:	978-1-68393-194-2
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > From 1900 > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Art treatments & subjects > Exhibition catalogues and specific collections Promotions
LSN:	1-68393-194-7
Barcode:	9781683931942

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