Common man, mythic vision : the paintings of Ben Shahn / Susan Chevlowe ; with contributions by Dian...
Common man, mythic vision : the paintings of Ben Shahn / Susan Chevlowe ; with contributions by Dian...
Common man, mythic vision : the paintings of Ben Shahn / Susan Chevlowe ; with contributions by Diana L. Linden ... [et al.].
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Publisher
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1998.
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NQ759.13/40
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English
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Physical content
xvi, 194 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Contents
A Bull in a China Shop: An Introduction to Ben Shahn / Susan Chevlowe -- Ben Shahn's New Deal Murals: Jewish Identity in the American Scene / Diana L. Linden -- Ben Shahn and Postwar American Art: Shared Visions / Stephen Polcari -- Allegory in the Work of Ben Shahn / Frances K. Pohl -- Catalogue of...
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Publisher
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1998.
Place of Publication
New Jersey
Date Published
c1998.
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Summary
Ben Shahn (1898-1969) has long been renowned for his Social Realist paintings of Depression-era America. Equally striking, however, are Shahn's extraordinary later works, which reveal a more introspective style as well as the evolution of a new allegorical and mythical pictorial language. This book combines beautiful reproductions of Shahn's art wi...
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Common man, mythic vision : the paintings of Ben Shahn / Susan Chevlowe ; with contributions by Diana L. Linden ... [et al.].
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Catalog of an exhibition held at the Jewish Museum, New York, Nov. 8, 1998-Mar. 7, 1999, the Allentown Art Museum, Pennsylvania, Mar. 28-June 27, 1999, and the Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan, July 25-Oct. 31, 1999.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [190]-192) and index.
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c1998.
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NQ759.13/40
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74VM0dZvLKN3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VM0dZvLKN3
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ISBN
0691004072 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780691004068 (cloth : alk. paper)
0691004064 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780691004075 (pbk. : alk. paper)
DDC
759.13
MMS ID
991001648159702626
