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The Twentieth-Century American Art: Louis vs. Schmeling

2 reviews
Erika Doss

Oxford University Press, USA, 2007

A great read, and an insightful approach
Having been a fight fan since a small boy, I was looking forward to this book for the insight into the 2 most admired heavyweights of their age. But I got so much more. Erenberg succeeds in bringing to life the problems created by the segregation and dehumanisation of the African American in the 1930's, as well as the already well trodden theme of Aryan supremacy in Nazi Germany. Both these ...

Twentieth-Century American Art (Oxford History of Art)

1 review
Erika Doss

Oxford University Press, USA, 2002

Art history novice
Fantastic survey of everything a reasonably well educated American should know about American art history. Well written and superbly chosen examples of every major art movement of the 20th century

Coming Home: American Paintings, 1930/1950, from the Schoen Collection

2 reviews

Georgia Museum of Art, 2003

Mid-20th Century American Realism For the Coffee Table
This is a beautiful, large-ish, soft-cover book. I ordered it online and was surpised at it's oversize (sorry...no ruler handy for that info). It's an acceptable size for display and browse, even though I bought it thinking it would be more in-depth and textbook sized. The choice of realist artists was diverse yet kept to a very American mid-century view. I particularly found the ...

Sublime Spaces and Visionary Worlds: Built Environments of Vernacular Artists

3 reviews
Leslie Umberger

Princeton Architectural Press, 2007

Going to Wisconsin soon?
If you are - do NOT miss planning a drive to or a drive by some of the sites described in this comprehensive collection. The authors have extensive experience and firsthand knowledge of these artists' exuberant installations and come by their enthusiasm from a deep empathy and masterful understanding of these self-taught, self-driven artists. Bring your camera. Bring your notebook - you WILL be ...

Coming Home!: Self-Taught Artists, the Bible, and the American South

1 review

University Press of Mississippi, 2004

Well-written...gorgeous full-color plates
The only thing better than reading the essays and seeing the full-color plates was to have been to the exhibit in person. The art is fascinating. The exploration of these artist's intentions and influences is inspiring. This is a first-rate publication that accompanied a first-rate exhibition.

American Women Modernists: The Legacy of Robert Henri, 1910-1945

2 reviews

Rutgers University Press, 2005

A Definitive and Long Overdue Book on American Women Artists
It is very much to the credit of the young art museum at Brigham Young University that they are publishing such fine catalogues that not only enhance the Museum's large collection, but serve to fill voids in the compendium of art literature. This superb catalogue, edited by Marian Wardle, gives evidence of the vision of Campbell B. Gray, the Director of the Museum: his presence is palpable and ...

Believing in Elvis: popular piety in a material culture.: An article from: Business Perspectives
Erika Doss

University of Memphis, 2002

This digital document is an article from Business Perspectives, published by University of Memphis on June 22, 2002. The length of the article is 3603 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: Believing in Elvis: popular piety in a ...

Designing Disney's Theme Parks: The Architecture of Reassurance

18 reviews
Neil Harris, Erika Doss, ...

Flammarion, 1998

Engaging Thoughts about Disney
Many books on Disney's art and achitecture try to convey its appeal primarily through the visual. Other books, particularly those that whole-heartedly criticize Disney, try to ignore the appeal of Disney altogether. This book attempts to integrate the visual evidence (photos, concept art) with academic writing on Disney (Karal Ann Marling, Erika Doss, Greil Marcus, etc.). Together, these aspects ...

Elvis Culture: Fans, Faith, and Image

3 reviews
Erika Lee Doss

University Press of Kansas, 1999

The definitive word on Elvis fan-dom
Doss's book is full of pleasure even as it takes on the question of Elvis's significance as a sort of secular religious figure. Doss interviewed and questionnaired hundreds or maybe thousands of hardcore fans, and she's listened carefully to them. The result is a work that's a pleasure to read and revelatory of contemporary life at the same time. If you wonder what's going on with American ...

Drawing on America's Past: Folk Art, Modernism, and the Index of American Design
Virginia Tuttle Clayton, Elizabeth Stillinger, ...

The University of North Carolina Press, 2003

This book presents watercolor renderings along with a selection of the artifacts in the Index of American Design, a visual archive of decorative, folk, and popular arts made in America from the colonial period to about 1900. Three essays explore the history, operation, and ambitions of the Index of American Design, examine folk art collecting in America during the early decades of the twentieth century, and consider the Index's role in the ...

Benton, Pollock, and the Politics of Modernism: From Regionalism to Abstract Expressionism
Erika Doss

University Of Chicago Press, 1995

In this acclaimed revisionist study, Erika Doss chronicles an historic cultural change in American art from the dominance of regionalism in the 1930s to abstract expressionism in the 1940s. She centers her study on Thomas Hart Benton and Jackson Pollock, Benton's foremost student in the early thirties, charting Pollock's early imitation of Benton's style before his radical move to abstraction. By situating painting within the evolving ...

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