Realism in Revolution: The Art of the Boston School (USED)

Description: Product Description : Realism in Revolution: The Art of the Boston School This is the manifesto of a group of American realist painters known collectively as the Boston School a work which traces the roots of a classical tradition in search of lost beauty In addition to more than 160 color plates of recent and historical works this book presents a compelling analysis by twelve members of the school of the crisis confronting the modem painter and the demand for a return to representation of the natural world The formidable tradition of the Boston School extends from the two dozen painters represented here to Bostonaposs RH Ives Gammell who taught many of these artists to William McGregor Paxton and from master to pupil back to JL Grme Paul Delaroche JacquesLouis David and to the inspiration of Rembrandt Vermeer and Michelangelo It is a tradition which encompasses Edmund Tarbell JM Whistler JS Copley Gilbert Stuart Joseph DeCamp Childe Hassam and William Merritt Chase who so influenced American painting at the turn of the century At publication the artists whose paintings appear in this book along with the hundreds of pupils they taught carried the torch of the classical tradition maintaining their realist imperatives against the weight of fashion This work is a tribute both to the Boston painters and to the legacy of beauty and truthtonature they represent In gathering and preparing the materials for this book Richard Lack spent nearly two years collating compiling and corresponding with artists in all parts of America and in Europe As founder of Atelier Lack in Minneapolis and a pupil of RH Ives Gammell in Boston Richard had been immersed in the study and development of classical painting for more than 35 years and is generally referred to as quotthe deanquot of the Boston School Richard was assisted in this effort by his capable wife Katherine( it is an used product )

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