Samuel F. B. Morse's Gallery of the Louvre and the art of invention : [... accompanies the Exhibition Samuel F. B. Morse's "Gallery of the Louvre" and the Art of Invention, presented at: The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens (San Marino, CA) January 24, 2015 - Monday, May 4, 2015, Amon Carter Museum of American Art (Fort Worth, TX) May 23, 2015 - August 23, 2015, Seattle Art Museum (Seattle, WA) October 1, 2015 - January 10, 2016 ...]
"Known today primarily for his role in the development of the electromagnetic telegraph and Morse code, Samuel F. B. Morse began his career as a painter. His monumental Gallery of the Louvre was the culmination of an extended period of study in Europe"--
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| Format: | Conference Proceeding Knjiga |
| Jezik: | English |
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Chicago, Ill. [u.a.]
: Terra Foundation for American Art [u.a.]
, 2014
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| Online dostop: | Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| Sorodne knjige/članki: | Rezensiert in:
Samuel F. B. Morse’s “Gallery of the Louvre” and the art of invention |
| Avtorjeve opombe: | ed. by Peter John Brownlee. With essays by Jean-Philippe Antoine ... Terra Foundation for American Art |
| Izvleček: | "Known today primarily for his role in the development of the electromagnetic telegraph and Morse code, Samuel F. B. Morse began his career as a painter. His monumental Gallery of the Louvre was the culmination of an extended period of study in Europe"-- "Samuel F. B. Morse's (1791-1872) large-scale painting Gallery of the Louvre (1831-33) is one of the most significant, and enigmatic, works of early-19th-century American art. It is also one of the last works Morse painted before turning his attention to the invention of the telegraph and Morse code. Gallery of the Louvre, owned by the Terra Foundation for American Art, was the focus of three separate international symposia held in 2011-13 at the Yale University Art Gallery, the National Gallery of Art, and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. This collection of essays, carefully drawn from the proceedings of these scholarly sessions, brings together fresh insights by academics, curators, and conservators, who focus on the painting's visual components and the social and historical contexts that make it such a rich, complex work. The book accompanies a multi-year tour of the painting to prominent museums around the country"-- |
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| Opis knjige/članka: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Fizični opis: | 223 S. zahlr. Ill. |
| ISBN: | 9780300207613 |
