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Author:

Shields, Scott A.

Title:

Artists at continent's end : the Monterey Peninsula art colony, 1875-1907 / Scott A. Shields.

Publisher:

Crocker Art Museum,
Crocker Art Museum,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

ix, 346 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 28 cm.

Subject:

Landscape painting, American--19th century--Exhibitions.
Landscape painting, American--20th century--Exhibitions.
Artist colonies--Monterey Peninsula--Monterey Peninsula--Exhibitions.

Other Authors:

Crocker Art Museum.

Notes:

"Simpson, imprint in humanities"--Prelim. p. Catalog of an exhibition at the Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, Feb. 17, 2006-May 21, 2006 and at three other museums. Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-338) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: A place where great souls mingle -- A new Eden: Jules Tavernier and the beginning of Monterey's Art Colony -- Listening to the earth: William Keith and George Inness -- Evening meditations: Charles Rollo Peters and the mystery of Monterey -- Pacific Parnassus: Arthur and Lucia Mathews's Arcadia by the Sea -- An atmosphere of nostalgia: Evelyn McCormick and the "Adobe Painters" -- Manufacturing dreams: Francis McComas and California "Reductivism" -- Eternal spirit: Gottardo Piazzoni and the Reverence for Land and Sea -- Altars of an undiscovered shore: Arnold Genthe and the Colony at Carmel-by-the-Sea -- Conclusion: A fabulous dawn darkened.

Series:

A Simpson book in the humanities

ISBN:

9780520247390 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0520247396 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780520247369 (cloth : alk. paper)
0520247361 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)62281723

LCCN:

2005031552

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)