Painters and Paintings in the Early American South - Hardcover

Weekley, Carolyn J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 030019076X ISBN 13: 9780300190762

Publisher: Yale University Press, 2013

Synopsis

This beautifully illustrated volume presents the complex ways in which the lives of artists, clients, and sitters were interconnected in the early American South. During this period, paintings included not only portraits, but also seascapes, landscapes, and pictures made by explorers and naturalists.

The first comprehensive study of this subject, Painters and Paintings in the Early American South draws upon materials including diaries, correspondence, and newspapers in order to explore the stylistic trends of the period and the lives of the sitters, as gentility spread from the wealthiest southerners to the middle class. Featuring works by John Singleton Copley, Charles Willson Peale, and Benjamin West, among many others, this important book examines the training and status of painters, the distinction between fine art and the mechanical arts, the popularity of portraiture, and the nature of clientele between 1540 and 1790, providing a new, critical understanding of the history of art in the American South.

About this title

Book Description:

A fascinating look at the complex ways in which the lives of artists, clients, patrons, and sitters were interconnected in America’s southern states from 1564 to 1790.

About the Author:

Carolyn J. Weekley is Juli Grainger Curator at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. She is co-author of Treasures of American Folk Art: From the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center and The Kingdoms of Edward Hicks.

About this edition

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 030019076X
• ISBN 13: 9780300190762
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 438