Art as evidence : writings on art and material culture by Prown, Jules David instant download

Art as evidence : writings on art and material culture by Prown, Jules David instant download

xii, 304 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : 26 cm, Art As Evidence celebrates the career of Jules Prown, historian of American art and a pioneer in the study of material culture. It brings together some of his most influential essays along with an introductory chapter, and an intellectual autobiography, Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-297) and index, Machine generated contents note: Foreword Acknowledgments Preface Introduction 1 An Anatomy Book by John Singleton Copley 2 John Singleton Copley in New York 3 The Art Historian and the Computer: An Analysis of Copley's Patronage, 1753-1774 4 Style as Evidence 5 Mind in Matter: An Introduction to Material Culture Theory and Method 6 The Expedition against the Ohio Indians in 1764under Colonel Bouquet: Two Early Drawings by Benjamin West 7 Benjamin West's Family Picture: A Nativity in Hammersmith 8 Charles Willson Peale in London 9 John Trumbull as History Painter 10 Winslow Homer in His Art 11 Thomas Eakins' Baby at Play 12 Raphaelle Peale: Fruit in a Silver Basket 13 The Truth of Material Culture: History or Fiction? 14 Material/Culture: Can the Farmer and the Cowman Still Be Friends? 15 The Promise and Perils of Context 16 In Pursuit of Culture: The Formal Language of Objects 17 Benjamin West and the Use of Antiquity 18 A Course of Antiquities at Rome, 1764 Bibliography Index Photo Credits COLOR PLATES FOLLOW PAGE 132, An Anatomy book by John Singleton Copley -- John Singleton Copley in New York -- The art historian and the computer : an analysis of Copley's patronage, 1753-1774 -- Style as evidence -- Mind in matter : an introduction to material culture theory and method -- The expedition against the Ohio Indians in 1764 under Colonel Bouquet : two early drawings by Benjamin West -- Benjamin West's family picture : a nativity in Hammersmith -- Charles Willson Peale in London -- John Trumbull as history painter -- Winslow Homer in his art -- Thomas Eakins' Baby at play -- Raphaelle Peale : Fruit in