Redrawing Boundaries: Perspectives on Western American Art by Peter Hassrick Pap

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A substantial contribution to American art history. Six writers on art and popular culture survey the western art in the twenty-first century, tracing its boundaries in the areas of aesthetics and national identity. Their observations support an emerging history of western art that places it in a social, psychological, and political context.

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Memorial to a passing era? Mistress to history? Illustration of popular legend? Where is the art in traditional narrative western art? Is it kitsch or kunst? Six writers on art and popular culture survey the terrain of western art in the twenty-first century, tracing and refining its boundaries in the areas of aesthetics and national identity. Their sharp-eyed observations support a newly emerging history of western art that places it in a social, psychological, and political—as well as aesthetic—context. The result is a refreshing, vigorous, and substantial contribution in America art history.

Author Biography

Peter M. Hassrick is director of the Denver Art Museum's Institute of Western American Art. The other contributors include Brian W. Dippie, Erika Doss, Patricia Limerick, Angela Miller, Martha A. Sandweiss, and William H. Truettner.

Table of Contents

Foreword and Acknowledgments / Peter H. HassrickIntroductionWhere's the Art in Western Art? / Peter H. HassrickWestern American Art: Celebrating the Burden of Popularity / Patty LimerickEssaysIn the Enemy's Country: Western Art's Uneasy Status / Brian W. DippieOld West Meets New Art History: Some Reasons Why the Dust Hasn't Settled / William H. TruettnerShoot-Out: Poking Fun and Challenging Myths in Western American Art / Erika DossPhotography and the Western Scene / Martha A. SandweissChasing the Phantom: Cultural Memory in the Image of the West / Angela MillerSelected Bibliography

Review

"Written by some of the most prominent, perceptive, and prolific historians of western art, the essays explore a remarkable array of issues for a volume so slim."-New Mexico Historical Review "These essays provide insight into the development of collections of western art, the representation of western art themes and subjects in popular culture, photography as a vital theme in western art, and the image of the West in western art. An engaging analysis of a fascinating, significant topic...Recommended." - Choice

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Six writers on art and popular culture survey the terrain of western art in the twenty-first century, tracing and refining its boundaries in the areas of aesthetics and national identity

Details ISBN0914738550 Publisher Denver Art Museum Year 2007 ISBN-10 0914738550 ISBN-13 9780914738558 Format Paperback Pages 80 Imprint Denver Art Museum Place of Publication Denver Country of Publication United States DEWEY 704.949978 UK Release Date 2007-02-28 Illustrations 90 color illus. AU Release Date 2007-02-28 NZ Release Date 2007-02-28 US Release Date 2007-02-28 Author Peter Hassrick Subtitle Perspectives on Western American Art Publication Date 2007-02-28 Audience Professional & Vocational Series Redrawing Boundaries We've got this

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