Dance : American art, 1830-1960 / edited by Jane Dini ; with essays by Thomas F. DeFrantz, Lynn Garafola, Dakin Hart, Constance Valis Hill, Analisa Leppanen-Guerra, Valerie J. Mercer, Jacqueline Shea Murphy, Kenneth John Myers, Bruce Robertson, and Sharyn R. Udall.
"This catalogue was published in conjunction with the exhibition Dance: American Art, 1830-1960, Detroit Institute of Arts, March 20-June 12, 2016; Denver Art Museum, July 10-October 2, 2016; Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AK, October 22, 2016-January 16, 2017"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (page 299) and index.
Contents:
Invitation to the dance / Jane Dini -- In the eye of the beholder: the black presence in the art of American dance / Constance Valis Hill -- Dance and the performance of self in America: 1810 to 1850 / Kenneth John Meyers -- The art of Native American dance / Jacqueline Shea Murphy -- The art of dancing out-of-doors / Jane Dini -- American modernism and dance: Arthur B. Davies's Dances, 1915 / Bruce Robertson -- Anna Pavolva in America: performance, popular culture, and the commodification of desire / Sharyn R. Udall -- The dancer as muse / Jane Dini -- Visualizing dance of the Harlem Renaissance / Thomas F. Defrantz -- The vicissitudes of African American artists' depictions of dance between 1800 and 1960 / Valerie J. Mercer -- H.P.: a lost dance of the Americas / Lynn Garafola -- Modern shenanigans at a filling station designed by Paul Cadmus / Jane Dini -- Immortal dancers: Joseph Cornell's pacifism during the Second World War / Analisa Leppanen-Guerra -- Isamu Noguchi and Ruth Page in an expanding universe / Dakin Hart.
Summary:
Fourteen essays by renowned historians of art and dance analyze the ways dance influenced many of Americas most prominent artists, including George Caleb Bingham, William Sidney Mount, Winslow Homer, John Singer Sargent, Cecilia Beaux, Isamu Noguchi, Aaron Douglas, Malvina Hoffman, Edward Steichen, Arthur Davies, William Johnson, and Joseph Cornell. ... -- Provided by publisher.
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