Author: Chevlowe, Susan
Title: Common Man, Mythic Vision: The Paintings of Ben Shahn
Description: New York, The Jewish Museum, 1998. Paperback. Blue & color illus. wraps. 194 pp. 32 color, 73 bw plates. Issued in conjunction with 1998-1999 exhibitions of work by Lithuanian-born American artist Ben Shahn (1898-1969). Catalogue lists 55 works, with biographical chronology, and four extensive essays on the artist and his work. Colorful and lively illustrations, one per page. Contents as follows: 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 the Exhibition -- Chronology / Howard Greenfeld. 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 with essays by leading experts on his life and career to present a survey of his powerful and engaging mature style. The volume is published in conjunction with a major traveling exhibition organized by The Jewish Museum, New York, to commemorate the centenary of Shahn's birth. VG+ .
Keywords: American Art; 20th Century; Social Realism; ; Shahn, Ben ; 20th Century ; Social Realism
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Title: Common Man, Mythic Vision: The Paintings of Ben Shahn
Description: New York, The Jewish Museum, 1998. Paperback. Blue & color illus. wraps. 194 pp. 32 color, 73 bw plates. Issued in conjunction with 1998-1999 exhibitions of work by Lithuanian-born American artist Ben Shahn (1898-1969). Catalogue lists 55 works, with biographical chronology, and four extensive essays on the artist and his work. Colorful and lively illustrations, one per page. Contents as follows: 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 the Exhibition -- Chronology / Howard Greenfeld. 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 with essays by leading experts on his life and career to present a survey of his powerful and engaging mature style. The volume is published in conjunction with a major traveling exhibition organized by The Jewish Museum, New York, to commemorate the centenary of Shahn's birth. VG+ .
Keywords: American Art; 20th Century; Social Realism; ; Shahn, Ben ; 20th Century ; Social Realism
Price: US$ 29.97 Seller: Kevin Mullen, Bookseller
- Book number: 14268
- Book number: 14268
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