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Wonders Of Work And Labor : The Steidle Collection Of American Industrial Art
Wildlife In American Art : Masterworks From The National Museum Of Wildlife Art
The Modern Moves West : California Artists And Democratic Culture In The Twentieth Century
NeoHooDoo : Art For A Forgotten Faith

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edited by Franklin Sirmans ; with contributions by Jen Budney … [et al.]Publication Details
BookThe Menil Collection2008Description
NeoHooDoo, a phrase coined by the poet Ishmael Reed in 1970, celebrates the practice of rituals, folklore, and spirituality in the Americas beyond the scope of Christianity and organized religion. Exploring how spirituality influenced artists in the late 20th century and bringing together an intergenerational group of artists from North, Central, and South America, NeoHooDoo reveals the wider implications of ritualized practice in contemporary art. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) N6512 .N33 2008 NEW BOOK(MAIN)
Life, Liberty, And The Pursuit Of Happiness : American Art From The Yale University Art Gallery

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introduction by David McCullough ; essays by Jon Butler … [et al.] ; exhibition and catalogue organized by Helen A. Cooper … [et al.]Publication Details
BookYale University Art Gallery in association with Yale University Press2008Links
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This richly illustrated book explores works from the renowned collections of American paintings, decorative arts, prints, and photographs at the Yale University Art Gallery and creates a vivid portrait of a young country defining itself culturally, politically, and geographically. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS OVERSIZE (UPPER) N6505 .Y35 2008 AVAILABLE
The Third Mind : American Artists Contemplate Asia, 1860- 1989

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Alexandra Munroe ; appendices by Ikuyo NakagawaPublication Details
BookGuggenheim Museum2009Description
The Third Mind: American Artists Contemplate Asia, 1860-1989 illuminates the dynamic and complex impact of Asian art, literary texts and philosophical concepts on American artistic practices from the late nineteenth century through the present. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS OVERSIZE (UPPER) N6510 .M782 2009 AVAILABLE
Subject To Display : Reframing Race In Contemporary Installation Art

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Jennifer A. GonzálezPublication Details
BookMIT Press2008Links
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All of the five American installation artists Gonzlez considers have explored the practice of putting human subjects and their cultures on display by staging elaborate dioramas or site-specific interventions in galleries and museums; These artists’ installations have not only contributed to the transformation of contemporary art and museum culture, they have also linked Latino, African American, and Native American subjects to the broader spectrum of historical colonialism, race dominance, and visual culture. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) N6512.5.I56 G66 2008 AVAILABLE
The Gilded Age : Treasures From The Smithsonian American Art Museum

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Elizabeth PrelingerPublication Details
BookWatson-Guptill Publications in association with the Smithsonian American Art Museum2000Description
The works of John Singer Sargent, Cecilia Beaux, John La Farge, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Louis Comfort Tiffany, Mary Cassatt, Albert Pinkham Ryder, Winslow Homer, and others are presented. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) N6510 .N374 2000 AVAILABLE
California Video : Artists And Histories

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edited by Glenn PhillipsPublication Details
BookGetty Research Institute2008Description
Whether designing complex video installations, devising lush projections, experimenting with electronic psychedelia, creating conceptual and performance art, generating guerilla video, or producing works that promote feminism and other social issues, these artists have utilized video technology to express revolutionary ideas. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) N6512.5.V53 C35 2008 AVAILABLE
Redrawing Boundaries : Perspectives On Western American Art

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[introduction, Peter H. Hassrick ; essays, Brian W. Dippie ...et al.]Publication Details
BookInstitute of Western American Art, Denver Art Museum2007Description
Six writers on art and popular culture survey the terrain of western art in the twenty-first century, tracing and refining its boundaries in the areas of aesthetics and national identity. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS OVERSIZE (UPPER) N8214.5.W4 R43 2007 AVAILABLE
American Wildlife Art

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David J. WagnerPublication Details
BookMarquand Books2008Description
Bookshelves abound with accounts of wildlife artists and their artistry, but no book is truly comparable to American Wildlife Art. In his insightful accounts of the artists, events, and trends at the heart of this uniquely American art form, Wagner explains how the aesthetic idioms and imagery of American wildlife art have evolved, how its ecological ideologies have changed with changing circumstances and ideas about animals and their habitats, and how artists and entrepreneurs developed and influenced the market for wildlife art. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS OVERSIZE (UPPER) N7660 .W28 2008 AVAILABLE
Signs Of Grace : Religion And American Art In The Gilded Age

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Kristin SchwainPublication Details
BookCornell University Press2008Links
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Describing how these artists drew on their religious beliefs and practices, as well as how beholders looked to art to provide a transcendent experience, Schwain explores how a modern conception of faith as an individual relationship with the divine facilitated this sanctified relationship between art and viewer. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) N6510 .S39 2008 AVAILABLE
Landscape Of Slavery : The Plantation In American Art

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edited by Angela D. Mack, Stephen G. Hoffius ; with essays by Angela D. Mack … [et al.]Publication Details
BookUniversity of South Carolina Press2008Description
Bridging art history and social history, Landscape of Slavery undertakes an original study of plantation images from the eighteenth century through the present to unravel the realities and mythology inherent in this complex and often provocative subject. Through eighty-three color plates, nineteen black-and-white illustrations, and six thematic essays, the collection examines depictions of plantation structures, plantation views, and related slave imagery and art in the context of the American landscape tradition, addressing the impact of these works on race relations in the United States. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) N8236.P466 L36 2008 AVAILABLE
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