American adversaries : West and Copley in a transatlantic world ; [... to coincide with the Exhibition American Adversaries: West and Copley in a Transatlantic World ... Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, from October 6, 2013, to January 5, 2014]

"Illuminating essays and more than two hundred images offer a compelling account of the 18th-century contemporary history painters John Singleton Copley and Benjamin West--America's first global art superstars"--Provided by publisher

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Document Type: Conference Proceeding Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven, Conn. [u.a.] : Yale Univ. Press , 2013
New Haven, Conn. [u.a.] : Yale University Press , 2013
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
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Related Items:Rezensiert in: [Rezension von: Emily Ballew Neff / Kaylin H. Weber (eds.), American adversaries. West and copley in a transatlantic world]
Author Notes:[Emily Ballew Neff with Kaylin H. Weber. With contributions by Janet Catherine Berlo ... organized by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston]
Table of Contents:
  • London: the artists and their arena. Brothers-in-arms? Copley, West, and the Royal Academy
  • by Martin PostleA temple of history painting : West's Newman Street studio and art collection / by Kaylin H. Weber
  • London: the artists and their arena. Brothers-in-arms? Copley, West, and the Royal Academy
  • By Martin Postle
  • Reverberated enjoyment : prints, printmakers, and publishers in late-eighteenth century London
  • by James Clifton
  • North America : West and the middle ground. At the wood's edge : Benjamin West's "The Death of Wolfe" and the middle ground
  • by Emily Ballew Neff
  • Men of the middle ground : the visual culture of native-white diplomacy in eighteenth-century North America
  • by Janet Catherine Berlo
  • Italy : Copley on the grand tour. A remembrance of what we have seen : Copley takes the grand tour
  • by Emily Ballew Neff
  • Benjamin West and Italy
  • by Christopher Lloyd
  • Atlantic and Pacific : Copley and the sea. Like gudgeons to a worm : John Singleton Copley's "Watson and the shark" and the cultures of natural history
  • by Emily Ballew Neff
  • Blacks in the casta paintings of New Spain
  • by Donna Pierce
  • Coda. Laying siege : West, Copley, and the battle of history painting
  • by Emily Ballew Neff and Kaylin H. Weber
  • Turner, West, and the end of contemporary history painting
  • by Leo Costello.
  • A temple of history painting: West's Newman Street studio and art collection
  • By Kaylin H. Weber
  • Reverberated enjoyment: prints, printmakers, and publishers in late-eighteenth century London
  • By James Clifton
  • North America: West and the middle ground. At the wood's edge: Benjamin West's The Death of Wolfe and the middle ground
  • By Emily Ballew Neff
  • Men of the middle ground: the visual culture of native-white diplomacy in eighteenth-century North America
  • By Janet Catherine Berlo
  • Italy: Copley on the grand tour. A remembrance of what we have seen: Copley takes the grand tour
  • By Emily Ballew Neff
  • Benjamin West and Italy
  • By Christopher Lloyd
  • Atlantic and Pacific: Copley and the sea. Like gudgeons to a worm: John Singleton Copley's Watson and the shark and the cultures of natural history
  • By Emily Ballew Neff
  • Blacks in the casta paintings of New Spain
  • By Donna Pierce
  • Coda. Laying siege: West, Copley, and the battle of history painting
  • By Emily Ballew Neff and Kaylin H. Weber
  • Turner, West, and the end of contemporary history painting
  • By Leo Costello.