American adversaries : West and Copley in a transatlantic world / Emily Ballew Neff with Kaylin H. Weber ; with contributions by Janet Catherine Berlo, James Clifton, Leo Costello, Christopher Lloyd, Donna Pierce, and Martin Postle.
"This catalogue was published to coincide with the exhibition American Adversaries: West and Copley in a Transatlantic World, organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, from October 6, 2013, to January 5, 2014." Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
London: the artists and their arena. Brothers-in-arms? Copley, West, and the Royal Academy / By Martin Postle -- A temple of history painting: West's Newman Street studio and art collection / By Kaylin H. Weber -- Reverberated enjoyment: prints, printmakers, and publishers in late-eighteenth century London / By James Clifton -- North America: West and the middle ground. At the wood's edge: Benjamin West's The Death of Wolfe and the middle ground / By Emily Ballew Neff -- Men of the middle ground: the visual culture of native-white diplomacy in eighteenth-century North America / By Janet Catherine Berlo -- Italy: Copley on the grand tour. A remembrance of what we have seen: Copley takes the grand tour / By Emily Ballew Neff -- Benjamin West and Italy / By Christopher Lloyd -- Atlantic and Pacific: Copley and the sea. Like gudgeons to a worm: John Singleton Copley's Watson and the shark and the cultures of natural history / By Emily Ballew Neff -- Blacks in the casta paintings of New Spain / By Donna Pierce -- Coda. Laying siege: West, Copley, and the battle of history painting / By Emily Ballew Neff and Kaylin H. Weber -- Turner, West, and the end of contemporary history painting / By Leo Costello.
Summary:
"Illuminating essays and more than two hundred images offer a compelling account of the 18th-century contemporary history painters John Singleton Copley and Benjamin West--America's first global art superstars"--Provided by publisher.
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