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American Art from the Yale University Art Gallery
Edited by Helen A. Cooper with Robin Jaffee Frank, Elisabeth Hodermarsky, and Patricia E. Kane, with the assistance of Amy Kurtz Lansing; Introduction by David McCullough; Essays by Jon Butler, Joanne B. Freeman, Howard R. Lamar, and Jules D. Prown
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The American experience—from its colonial beginnings to the modern age—has captured the imagination of all Americans, including its artists. 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.
Distinguished scholars shed new light on American history by examining some of the most familiar and revered objects in American art—paintings by Trumbull, Peale, Copley, Eakins, Church, and Homer; silver by Revere and Tiffany; furniture by Roux and Connelly; and photographs by Muybridge, among others. The authors discuss how issues of cultural heritage, patriotism, politics, and exploration shaped America’s art as well as its attitudes and traditions.
Published in association with the Yale University Art Gallery
Exhibition Schedule:
Speed Art Museum, Louisville (September 7, 2008 – January 4, 2009)
Seattle Art Museum (February 26 – May 24, 2009)
Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama (October 4, 2009 – January 10, 2010)
Helen A. Cooper is the Holcombe T. Green Curator of American Paintings and Sculpture at the Yale University Art Gallery. David McCullough, American historian and bestselling author, is a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award.
EXHIBITION SCHEDULE
Speed Art Museum, Louisville (September 7, 2008 – January 4, 2009)
Seattle Art Museum (February 26 – May 24, 2009)
Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama (October 4, 2009 – January 10, 2010)
Publication Date: October 28, 2008
Publishing Partner: Published in association with the Yale University Art Gallery
65 b/w + 315 color illus.
