HERE'S THE LONG OUT-OF-PRINT AND DIFFICULT TO FIND 1ST EDITION HARDCOVER BOOK WITH DUST JACKET "THE AMERICAN RENAISSANCE 1876-1917" BY RICHARD GUY WILSON AND OTHERS! Published in 1979 by The Brooklyn Museum in association with Pantheon Books of New York, this visually loaded out-of-print 1st edition hardcover book provides the following statement: "One of the intents of the American Renaissance was the unification of all the arts into one creative amalgamation that would encompass painting, sculpture, the decorative arts, architecture, and the setting, whether the garden or the urban landscape, as a unit. This book, The American Renaissance, examines the various elements that went to make such a coherent aesthetic statement. It defines the concept of the movement and the impact it had upon life and culture in the United States from 1876 -- the Centennial Exposition and the beginning of internationalism -- to 1917 -- America's entry into the First World War." The book is divided into the following sections: 1) Foreword; 2) The Great Civilization; 3) Expressions of Identity; 4) Cultural Conditions; 5) Presence of the Past; 6) Scientific Eclecticism; 7) Periods and Organizations; 8) Statements of Culture; 9) Architecture, Landscape, and City Planning; 10) Decorative Art: The Domestic Environment; 11) Painting and Sculpture; 12) Index; 13) Selected Further Reading; 14) Catalogue of the Exhibition; 15) Acknowledgments; and 16) Index to Lenders. Some of the designers, manufacturers, and artists whose works are shown and/or discussed in this volume include but are not limited to: LIBBEY GLASS COMPANY, MT. WASHINGTON GLASSWORKS, NEW ENGLAND GLASS COMPANY, JOHN LA FARGE, UNION GLASS COMPANY, ALBERT HERTER, FRANCIS LATHROP, HECLA WORKS, TRENTON POTTERIES COMPANY, KNOWLES TAYLOR & KNOWLES, KARL MUELLER, STANFORD WHITE, ELIHU VEDDER, TIFFANY & COMPANY, AUGUSTUS SAINT-GAUDENS, GORHAM MANUFACTURING COMPANY, HERTER BROTHERS, POTTIER & STYMUS, ARTHUR & LUCIA MATHEWS, A. H. DAVENPORT & COMPANY, OGDEN CODMAN, RICHARD MORRIS HUNT, MCKIM MEAD & WHITE, CASS GILBERT, DANIEL BURNHAM, JOHN SINGER SARGENT, GUSTAV STICKLEY, THOMAS EAKINS, DANIEL CHESTER FRENCH, CARRERE & HASTINGS, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS WARD, AMERICAN ENCAUSTIC TILE COMPANY, ROOKWOOD POTTERY, SAMUEL COLMAN, JAMES GILLINDER & SONS, among many, many others! |
