Night Vision Nocturnes American Painting Photography City Nature Portrait Dark

Description: Spanning a century from the introduction of electric light to the dawn of the space age, this first major survey of American night scenes by artists such as Winslow homer, Georgia O'Keeffe, Andrew Wyeth, and Joseph Cornell proposes the central importance of nocturnal images in the development of modern art.This gorgeously illustrated book investigates how leading American artists of diverse aesthetic convictions responded in a range of media - including paintings, drawings, prints, and photographs - to the unique challenges of picturing the night. Artists cherished the night as a time of heightened alertness and active imagination. To capture their experience of the night they retooled their pallets and reconsidered their techniques. Mysterious and provocative, the darkness was experienced as liberating, both on aesthetic and personal level - allowing artists to become invisible, turn inward, and express personal truths in unique and poetic ways. This book expands the conversation on American art and the rise of modernism, as it demonstrates how the theme of the night inspired artists who sought to leave behind established styles and traditions to better reflect this period's broader societal and technological shifts as well as a new understanding of the value of art as personal expression.Includes 115 full color illustrations

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