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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.
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English
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New Haven : Detroit Institute of Arts, distributed by Yale University Press, [2016]
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304 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
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Dance in art
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Dance
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United States
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Art, American
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19th century
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Summary note
As an enduring wellspring of creativity for many artists throughout history, dance has provided a visual language to express such themes as the bonds of community, the allure of the exotic, and the pleasures of the body. This book is the first major investigation of the visual arts related to American dance, offering an unprecedented, interdisciplinary overview of dance-inspired works from 1830 to 1960. Fourteen essays by renowned historians of art and dance analyze the ways dance influenced many of America’s 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. The artists did not merely represent dance, they were inspired to think about how Americans move, present themselves to one another, and experience time. Their artwork, in turn, affords insights into the cultural, social, and political moments in which it was created. For some artists, dance informed even the way they applied paint to canvas, carved a sculpture, or framed a photograph. Richly illustrated, the book includes depictions of Irish-American jigs, African-American cakewalkers, and Spanish-American fandangos, among others, and demonstrates how dance offers a means for communicating through an aesthetic, static form. -- Provided by publisher.
Notes
"This catalogue was published in conjunction with the exhibition The Art of American Dance, Detroit Institute of Arts, March 20-June 12, 2016, Denver Art Museum, July 10-October 22, 2016, and Crystal Bridges Museum of Art, Bentonville, AK, October 22, 2016-January 16, 2017."
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Includes bibliographical references 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 Pavlova 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.
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ISBN
9780895581730 ((Detroit Institute of Arts))
0895581736 ((Detroit Institute of Arts))
9780300211610 ((Yale University Press))
0300211619 ((Yale University Press))
LCCN
2015021782
OCLC
913572949
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