American adversaries : West and Copley in a transatlantic world
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American adversaries : West and Copley in a transatlantic world
Museum of Fine Arts , Distributed by Yale University Press, c2013
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"This catalogue was published to coincide with the exhibition American Adversaries: West and Copley in a Transatlantic World, organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, from October 6, 2013, to January 5, 2014."--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents of Works
- Brothers-in-arms? Copley, West, and the Royal Academy / Martin Postle
- A temple of history painting : West's Newman Street studio and art collection / Kaylin H. Weber
- Reverberated enjoyment : prints, printmakers, and publishers in late-eighteenth century London / James Clifton
- At the wood's edge : Benjamin West's "The Death of Wolfe" and the middle ground / Emily Ballew Neff
- Men of the middle ground : the visual culture of native-white diplomacy in eighteenth-century North America / Janet Catherine Berlo
- A remembrance of what we have seen : Copley takes the grand tour / Emily Ballew Neff
- Benjamin West and Italy / Christopher Lloyd
- Like gudgeons to a worm : John Singleton Copley's "Watson and the shark" and the cultures of natural history / Emily Ballew Neff
- Blacks in the casta paintings of New Spain / Donna Pierce
- Laying siege : West, Copley, and the battle of history painting / Emily Ballew Neff and Kaylin H. Weber
- Turner, West, and the end of contemporary history painting / Leo Costello
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Description
American artists and innovators Benjamin West (1738-1820) and John Singleton Copley (1738-1815) changed the way history was recorded in the 18th century and became America's first transatlantic art superstars. Initially friends but eventually bitter rivals, the artists painted contemporary events as they happened, illustrating the transformation of imperial power through diplomacy between British Americans and the Iroquois, and through transatlantic trade, exploration, and the natural history of the West Indies.
Focusing on two iconic works, West's The Death of General Wolfe (1770) and Copley's Watson and the Shark (1778), American Adversaries charts the rise of contemporary history painting, and offers a compelling examination of American history and New World exploration. Featuring more than two hundred color reproductions of paintings, works on paper, and objects that informed the artists, this handsome volume also includes essays that shed new light on, among other subjects, West and Copley within the context of the Royal Academy and the use of Western and Native American objects in cultural diplomacy.
Distributed for the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Exhibition Schedule:
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
(10/06/13-01/05/14)
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