The Nelson Atkins Museum Of Art

Author : Kristie C. Wolferman
Publisher : University of Missouri Press
Page : 435 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2020-01-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780826274410

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The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art by Kristie C. Wolferman Pdf

When Kansas City’s Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art opened to the public in 1933, it was viewed as a miracle, an oasis of culture in a Midwestern town whose image was still largely one of cowboys and steaks. In an engaging style, Kristie Wolferman tells the history of the Nelson-Atkins from its founding to the present day, a fascinating combination of people, events, and circumstances that culminated in an art museum that now holds its own among the finest in the world. Wolferman begins by relaying how the trustees of the estates of the reclusive widow Mary Atkins and the family of Kansas City Star newspaper editor William Rockhill Nelson joined forces to establish a museum from scratch, then goes on to consider all of the highly talented people who directed and staffed the Nelson-Atkins along the way, their efforts resulting in many bold innovations, among them new collections, grounds, and educational programs and offerings. With 100 color and black and white photographs, this book will be treasured by all who love and admire this remarkable institution, one that attracts half a million visitors—from across the city, state, nation, and world—each year. This is a co-publication of the University of Missouri Press and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.

Author : Andy Goldsworthy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2000-05
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015050252017

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Wall by Andy Goldsworthy Pdf

Documents the British photographer's latest artwork -- a 2,278 - foot stone wall at Storm King Arts Center, New York. Stunning color photographs show the wall from every vantage point & in all four seasons, as well as documenting ephemeral work made around it.

Author : Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Art
ISBN : 0942614399

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The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art by Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Pdf

Author : Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art,Colin Christopher Mackenzie
Publisher : Nelson Gallery Foundation
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Art
ISBN : 061548882X

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Masterworks of Chinese Art by Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art,Colin Christopher Mackenzie Pdf

Highlights 27 works from the thousands in the museum's collection.

Author : Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Publisher : ABRAMS
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39076000417597

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The Collections of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art by Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Pdf

Author : Kristie C. Wolferman
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0826209084

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The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art by Kristie C. Wolferman Pdf

Chronicles the establishment of the museum, which opened in 1933, describing the people and events that made it happen. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art,Eliot Wooldridge Rowlands
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015038021955

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The Collections of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art by Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art,Eliot Wooldridge Rowlands Pdf

"This extraordinary book is the first in a projected series of specialized catalogues documenting the permanent collections of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri. The collection of Italian paintings, a total of sixty works, is a representative one for the years 1300-1800 with significant examples from all major schools." "Each catalogue entry, written by Eliot W. Rowlands, includes a thorough and lively biography on the artist; complete technical notes and a detailed description; a fully documented commentary with a discussion of attribution, date, subject, and function; an exacting list of references that also summarizes the critical history of each work; and a full account of exhibition history and provenance. All the Italian paintings in the Nelson-Atkins collection are reproduced in full color, and there are over 200 black-and-white comparative illustrations."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Author : Gaylord Torrence
Publisher : Nelson-Atkins Museum
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2020-03
Category : Art
ISBN : 0997044659

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Continuum by Gaylord Torrence Pdf

This landmark publication brings North American Indigenous art to the fore with the presentation of 280 objects from the culturally and aesthetically rich collection of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. More than two-thirds of the volume's featured works--paintings, sculptures, drawings, regalia, ceramics, textiles, and baskets--have never before appeared in publication. These profound artistic achievements represent the traditions of Native cultures across the US and Canada in a continuum of visual expression from pre-encounter to the present. W. Richard West, Jr., President and CEO of the Autry Museum of the American West and Founding Director and Director Emeritus of the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian, opens the book with a compelling essay contrasting Western and Indigenous understandings of Native art. In a second essay, Curator of American Art Stephanie Fox Knappe contextualizes the voices of twenty-two contemporary artists. Full-page detail images of the artist's works are included. The inspired vision underlying the collection and this publication is articulated by Curator of Native American Art Gaylord Torrence, who traces the evolution of the Nelson-Atkins holdings and their significant expansion since 2001. He also provides an overview of the traditions of seven geographical regions and offers a framework for engaging with these remarkable works. New voices, fresh perspectives, and masterworks certain to find their place in the canon of Native American art history combine in an enlightening and important survey.

Author : William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015037667303

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The Nelson Gallery & Atkins Museum Bulletin by William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts Pdf

Author : Ann Marti Friedman
Publisher : Accent Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2018-09-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781786154118

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An Artist in her Own Right by Ann Marti Friedman Pdf

Set in France during the Napoleonic period, this is the story of painter Augustine Dufresne (1789-1842) the wife and widow of artist Antione-Jean Gros, painter of Jaffa. An Artist in Her Own Right explores the journey from Augustine's childhood during the French Revolution, through her artistic training and marriage during the Napoleonic era, and looks at the triumphs and challenges she faced in her life and art during the turbulent years that followed. The novel views this intensely masculine time through a woman's eyes. As little is known about Augustine’s life, this is a fictional biography based on the author's extensive research into the art and artists of the 18th and 19th centuries.

Author : Austen Barron Bailly
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2015-05-12
Category : Art
ISBN : 9783791354224

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American Epics by Austen Barron Bailly Pdf

This generously illustrated book explores the connections between Thomas Hart Benton’s art and Hollywood movies from groundbreaking perspectives. Thomas Hart Benton was a thoroughly American artist. His regionally focused paintings and murals depicted everyday American life as well as the country’s history. This volume focuses on one of the most American of Benton’s associations: Hollywood. Not only did Benton create commissioned murals and portraits of film stars and movies, but he also developed a style that was highly theatrical and narrative. This volume is the first to collect all the works conceived by Benton for the film industry. It includes related ephemera, photographs, and documents of Benton at work, along with a series of thought-provoking essays that explore a diverse array of topics—from Benton’s engagement with American identity from the 1920s to the 1960s, to parallels between Benton’s use of Old Master methods and film production techniques. Fans of Thomas Hart Benton will find surprising insights into his career, while those fascinated by Hollywood history will discover how one of America’s most revered artists shaped and was in turn influenced by the film industry.

Author : Michael Churchman,Scott Erbes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Kansas City (Mo.)
ISBN : 0942614224

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High Ideals and Aspirations by Michael Churchman,Scott Erbes Pdf

Author : Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 570 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:49015003450633

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The Collections of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art by Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Pdf

Showcasing one of the nation's finest collections of American art, this remarkable two-volume set features 267 exceptional paintings reproduced in full color and illuminated with never-before-published research findings. Works span American history from the colonial period through the close of World War II and are by many of the nation's best-known artists, including Mary Cassatt, Thomas Cole, Childe Hassam, Winslow Homer, Edward Hopper, and Georgia O'Keeffe. Pre-1900 subject strengths reside in portraiture with canvases by John Singleton Copley, John Singer Sargent, and Henry Ossawa Tanner; still lifes by John Peto and Severin Roesin; and landscapes from the brushes of Frederic Edwin Church, Martin Johnson Heade, Fitz Henry Lane, Thomas Moran, and others. Scenes and portraits by artists including John Steuart Curry, Robert Henri, Peter Hurd, Maurice Prendergast, and John Sloan provide honest, enduring assessments of early 20th-century American life. A stunning sample of early Modernism is seen in important canvasses by Albert Bloch, Stuart Davis, Arthur Dove, and Marsen Hartley, to name a few. Volume 1 includes 140 extended essays on the most important canvases in the collection, which are represented in full-page color reproductions. Volume 2 reproduces in color all the works in the collection and is accompanied by thorough technical notes based on recent object examination, complete provenance, listings of directly related works, and exhaustive exhibition and publication histories. American Paintings is an outstanding resource and a beautifully illustrated record of our country's history and culture.

Author : Ralph T. Coe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1075914551

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Sacred Circles by Ralph T. Coe Pdf

Author : Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art,Burton Lewis Dunbar
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015063221637

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The Collections of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art by Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art,Burton Lewis Dunbar Pdf

This volume concerns works by artists active during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries in the transalpine lands of northern Europe, which eventually became the modern nations of Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands. The early Northern pictures feature masterpieces by great artists such as Petrus Christus and Joachim Wtewael, as well as radiant examples by other notable artists such as Lucas Cranach the Elder, Bernard van Orley, Jan Gossart, and Hans Memling. Each of the twenty-five comprehensive entries by Burton L. Dunbar includes a thorough and engaging account of the artistÕs career; complete technical notes; a detailed description; a fully documented commentary with a discussion of attribution, date, subject, and function; an exacting list of references that also summarizes the critical history of each work; and an up-to-date checklist of the paintingÕs provenance and exhibition history. Every work in the collection is reproduced in full color and with color details, and the volumeÕs usefulness is richly enhanced by more than 200 comparative illustrations. The book includes a unique history of the collecting of early Northern paintings in the Midwest. Readers will also be fascinated by the abundance of information derived from the investigation of each work by contemporary experts in the rapidly evolving field of conservation, aided by tools such as infrared reflectography and dendrochronology. Burton L. Dunbar is professor of art history at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. The other contributors include Molly Faries, Roger Ward, Anne W. Lowenthal, Peter Klein, and Dena M. Woodall.