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PublisherYale University Press

ISBN-100300134061

ISBN-139780300134063

eBay Product ID (ePID)64201499

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Book TitleLike Breath on Glass : Whistler, Inness, and the Art of Painting Softly

Number of Pages280 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicIndividual Artists / General, History / Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945), Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General, American / General, History / General

Publication Year2008

IllustratorYes

GenreArt

AuthorMarc Simpson

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Weight56.9 Oz

Item Length10.5 in

Item Width9 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2008-002678

Dewey Edition22

Reviews"[A] stunning catalogue. Seven essays . . . illuminate the aesthetic of painting softly first formed by Whistler in the 1870s and pursued by other American painters. . . . Superb color plates and documentation. Essential."-Choice, "[A] stunning catalogue. Seven essays . . . illuminate the aesthetic of painting softly first formed by Whistler in the 1870s and pursued by other American painters. . . . Superb color plates and documentation. Essential."- Choice, "[A] stunning catalogue. Seven essays . . . illuminate the aesthetic of painting softly first formed by Whistler in the 1870s and pursued by other American painters. . . . Superb color plates and documentation. Essential."ï¿½Choice

Dewey Decimal759.13074/7441

Synopsis"Paint should not be applied thick," James McNeill Whistler once famously stated. "It should be like breath on the surface of a pane of glass." Through an innovative manner of handling paint, a group of American artists around 1900 created deceptively simple canvases that convey images of shimmering transience, visions suggested rather than delineated. Focusing on this singular aesthetic characteristic--softness-- Like Breath on Glass explores this painterly phenomenon through works by fifteen important artists, including Whistler, George Inness, William Merritt Chase, Thomas Wilmer Dewing, John Twachtman, and Edward Steichen. Leading scholars in American art consider a wide variety of topics: the very different motives--technical, social, religious, and scientific--that prompted these artists in their experimentation; their materials; their techniques for creating the appearance of effortlessness; period notions of "the vague" through art and writing; and the revival of "painting softly" in the 1950s and 1960s. This beautifully produced and lavishly illustrated catalogue highlights a surprisingly understudied yet important aspect of American cultural and painterly achievement., "Paint should not be applied thick," James McNeill Whistler once famously stated. "It should be like breath on the surface of a pane of glass." Through an innovative manner of handling paint, a group of American artists around 1900 created deceptively simple canvases that convey images of shimmering transience, visions suggested rather than delineated. Focusing on this singular aesthetic characteristic--softness--"Like Breath on Glass" explores this painterly phenomenon through works by fifteen important artists, including Whistler, George Inness, William Merritt Chase, Thomas Wilmer Dewing, John Twachtman, and Edward Steichen. Leading scholars in American art consider a wide variety of topics: the very different motives--technical, social, religious, and scientific--that prompted these artists in their experimentation; their materials; their techniques for creating the appearance of effortlessness; period notions of "the vague" through art and writing; and the revival of "painting softly" in the 1950s and 1960s. This beautifully produced and lavishly illustrated catalogue highlights a surprisingly understudied yet important aspect of American cultural and painterly achievement.

LC Classification NumberND210.S57 2008