Charles Deas and 1840s America |
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| Author:
| Clark, Carol |
| Contribution by:
| Troccoli, Joan Carpenter
Hoxie, Frederick E.
Jordan, Guy |
| Foreword by:
| Hassrick, Peter H.
Sharp, Lewis I. |
| Series title: | The Charles M. Russell Center Series on Art and Photography of the American West Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8061-4030-8 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2009 |
| Publisher: | University of Oklahoma Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $56.00 |
Book Description:
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This handsome volume--featuring more than 150 illustrations, 70 in color--is the first book exclusively devoted to Charles Deas. In two major essays, Carol Clark presents Deas's haunting biography and complex art--works that embodied Americans' uncertainty about the future of their rapidly expanding nation, especially in the contested spaces of the West. Ranging from Indian genre scenes to more violent and bizarre themes drawn from literature and his own imagination, Deas's images...
More DescriptionThis handsome volume--featuring more than 150 illustrations, 70 in color--is the first book exclusively devoted to Charles Deas. In two major essays, Carol Clark presents Deas's haunting biography and complex art--works that embodied Americans' uncertainty about the future of their rapidly expanding nation, especially in the contested spaces of the West. Ranging from Indian genre scenes to more violent and bizarre themes drawn from literature and his own imagination, Deas's images reverberate with the racial tensions and cut-throat economic competition of the period.