Description: The Lure of Italy: American Artists and the Italian Experience - 1760-1914. Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr. Hardcover with dust jacket. Harry N. Abrams Publisher. First edition 1992. 384 pages. 11.25" x 10". ISBN 0810935619.Like new condition. Unopened in publisher's original shrink wrap. No defects observed through original shrink wrap.Free domestic shipping USPS Media Mail. American Artists have been inspired by Italy since the 1760s, when Benjamin West, the first American painter to travel there, was drawn to the ancient Roman ruins and magnificent Renaissance architecture, statuary, and frescoes. This intriguing, superbly illustrated book is the first to explore the fascination Italy held for the American artist from West's time to the eve of World War I.The unique sense of the past found in Italy, where tangible evidence exists of a continual civilization from antiquity to the present, lured countless American artists to its cities, towns, and countryside. Painters from West and Copley in the eighteenth century to Cole, Inness, Whistler, Sargent, and Prendergast in the nineteenth century were inspired to create many of their finest works in Italy, as were American sculptors such as Hiram Powers and Harriet Hosmer and writers from Washington Irving to Henry James.This in-depth study includes 319 illustrations, of which 113 are reproduced in full color, many of works that have not previously been published. Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., John Moors Cabot Curator of American Paintings at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Professor of Art History at Boston University, provides a broad overview of the American perception of Italy and the unique role that Italy played in the formation of American art.Further insights into this new area in the study and appreciation of American art are offered in four essays by such leading art historians as William H. Gerdts, City University of New York; Erica E. Hirshler, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Fred S. Licht, Peggy Guggenheim Museum, Venice, and Boston University; and William L. Vance, Boston University. Individual commentaries on each of the paintings, sculpture, and watercolors have been written by the curatorial staff of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.The Lure of Italy accompanies a major exhibition of the same name, organized by Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., and Erica E. Hirshler that opened at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and traveled to the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
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Book Title: The Lure of Italy: American Artists & the Italian Experience
Original Language: English
Item Length: 10 in
Vintage: No
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Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Item Height: 11.25 in
Personalized: No
Features: Dust Jacket, Illustrated
Topic: Art History, Artists, Cultural History, Drawing, Exhibitions, Paintings, Periods of Art, Popular Culture, Sculpture
Item Width: 1.5 in
Signed: No
Ex Libris: No
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Publisher: Abrams
Intended Audience: Adults
Inscribed: No
Edition: First Edition
Publication Year: 1992
Type: Picture Book
Author: Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr.
Genre: Art & Culture, History, Imagery, Travel
Country/Region of Manufacture: Italy
Item Weight: 80 oz
Number of Pages: 384