
Yosemite
Art of an American Icon
Amy Scott(Editor)
University of California Press
1st Edition
Published on 30. October 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
232 pages
978-0-520-24922-6 (ISBN)
Description
This lavishly illustrated volume offers a stunning new view of Yosemite's visual history by presenting two hundred works of art together with provocative essays that explore the rich intersections between art and nature in this incomparable Sierra Nevada wilderness. Integrating the work of Native peoples, it provides the first inclusive view of the artists who helped create an icon of the American wilderness by featuring painting, photography, basketry, and other artworks from both well-known and little-studied artists from the nineteenth century to the present. Yosemite: Art of an American Icon pursues several evocative themes, including the relationship between environment and aesthetics in Yosemite; the various ways in which artists have shaped how we see and use the park; and the dynamic intersections between art, nature, and commerce that have played out during its history. In addition to offering a wide-ranging view of Yosemite's art over the past two centuries, the volume provides intriguing insights into the complexities and contradictions inherent in its enduring image as both an unspoiled natural wonder and a must-see spot for sightseers.
With Essays by Amy Scott, William Deverell, Kate Nearpass Ogden, Gary F. Kurutz, Brian Bibby, Jennifer A. Watts, and Jonathan Spaulding Copub: Museum of the American West
With Essays by Amy Scott, William Deverell, Kate Nearpass Ogden, Gary F. Kurutz, Brian Bibby, Jennifer A. Watts, and Jonathan Spaulding Copub: Museum of the American West
Reviews / Votes
"Informative and richly illustrated." * ARTnews * "This beautifully illustrated volume paints a new picture of Yosemite's visual history." * Antiques and the Arts Weekly * "Yosemite includes equally striking landscapes and related artworks in a variety of media, ranging from such early paintings as Albert Bierstadt's otherworldly 1868 painting Sunset in the Yosemite Valley, to David Hockney's photo-collage Merced River, Yosemite Valley, Sept. 1982." * Natural History * "The season's most impressive art book, Yosemite is aptly subtitled Art of an American Icon. . . . In addition to the spectacular illustrations-the chapter on the early photographers includes some breath-taking panoramas-Yosemite boasts some unusually astute and readable analyses by a half-dozen guest scholars." * Metro Newspapers * "A wonderful walk down art history lane while still being a balanced and fair assessment of Yosemite's complexities. . . . And for the first time, in one single gorgeous volume, we can delight in a complete and wide-ranging artistic view of its wonder, power and mystery." * Fresno Magazine *More details
Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Berkerley
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
130 color illustrations, 70 b-w photographs
Dimensions
Height: 292 mm
Width: 254 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
1361 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-520-24922-6 (9780520249226)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Amy Scott is Curator of Visual Arts at the Autry National Center's Museum of the American West, Los Angeles, California. William Deverell is Director of the Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West. Gary Kurutz is Curator of Special Collections at the California State Library. Jennifer Watts is curator of photography at the Huntington Library. Jonathan Spaulding is executive director and chief curator at the Autry National Center's Museum of the American West.
Content
Introduction: Yosemite Calls Amy Scott "Niagara Magnified": Finding Emerson, Muir, and Adams in Yosemite William Deverell California as Kingdom Come Kate Nearpass Ogden Yosemite on Glass Gary F. Kurutz Native American Art of the Yosemite Region Brian Bibby Photography's Workshop: Yosemite in the Modern Era Jennifer A. Watts Revisiting Yosemite Amy Scott Epilogue: Yosemite Falls Again Jonathan Spaulding Artist Biographies Laureen Trainer Acknowledgments Contributors Index