American Dreams: American Art to 1950 in the Williams College Museum of Art
- ISBN-10
- 1555952100
- ISBN-13
- 9781555952105
- Series
- American Dreams
- Category
- Architecture
- Pages
- 240
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001
- Publisher
- Hudson Hills
- Author
- Williams College. Museum of Art
Description
Williams College, in Williamstown, MA, has collected art since the mid-19th century. In this chronological journey through American art in all media, each of 56 highlighted objects from the museum receives a mini-essay of several hundred words, signed by contributors who frequently are the acknowledged experts on particular artists or works. A full factual entry on each work appears at the back of the book, preceded by extremely brief summaries of the acquisitions histories of the overall collection's painting, drawing, sculpture, Williams portraits, prints, photographs, posters, and decorative arts. College alumni donated many items, including collections on Rube Goldberg, Thomas Nast, and the Prendergasts. This is not the definitive book on American art, but it is an excellent survey with many interesting objects not commonly reproduced. For art history collections. 64 colour & 65 b/w illustrations
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