Beautiful illustrated book of animal sculpture and drawings of Katharine Lane Weems

Katharine Lane Weems: Sculpture and Drawings

Ambler, Louise Todd

Arts & Photography

Boston Athenaeum Library

Book by Phillips, John; Quennell, Peter and Sage, Lorna (Essays); The Boston Atheneum

Last Edwardians: An Illustrated History of Violet Trefusis & Alice Keppel

Phillips, John et al.

History

Whipple and Black: Commercial Photographers in Boston

Pierce, Sally

Photography & Video

This catalogue reassembles the collection of Biblical and educational books published in Native American languages that was donated to the Boston Athenaeum in February 1871 by Mary Howard Schoolcraft, widow of the noted ethnographer Henry Rowe Schoolcraft. The catalogue also includes other Athenaeum holdings in various Native American dialects or tongues that augment the Schoolcraft donation. These books are representative of the types of materials published by organizations committed to the conversion of Native Americans to the white man's religions and way of life. In his role as an Indian agent for the federal government, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft was both a witness and a player in the tremendous social upheaval that Native Americans were experiencing. His collection of books is an important body of evidence for those who would like to understand some of the pressures applied by the dominant culture to the indigenous people of North America.

Henry Rowe Schoolcraft Collection: A Catalogue of Books in Native American Languages in the Library of the Boston Athenaeum

Reference

Kruse, Robert

Shiverick, Nathan C.

Boston Athenæum

Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe.

Catalogs & Directories

A beautifully illustrated bibliography from the Boston Athenaeum which covers fifty years of popular printmaking in Boston. It includes an introductory essay which traces the development of lithographic printing in Boston. Two reference sections list more detailed information, with the Directory of Boston Lithographic listing 118 firms, giving names, addresses, and date of operations. Each entry includes a biographical sketch of the firm owners, the history and artists and publishers connected with each one. The Biographies of Lithographic Artist profile the careers of 62 artistis who drew on stone for Boston lithographers and cite examples of their work in the Boston Athenaeum collection. Indexed. There are 61 black and white and 67 color illustrations. ix, iii , 191 pages. cloth, dust jacket. oblong 4to..

Boston Lithography 1825 - 1880 the Boston Athenaeum Collection

Slautterback, Catherina

John Storrs: Machine-Age Modernist

Published to accompany an exhibition of the same name, this fully illustrated, all-color catalogue is the first examination of the work of American sculptor John Storrs (1885-1956) to appear in over twenty years. One of America's foremost modernists, Storrs produced a remarkable body of work that helped re-invigorate the then largely academic medium of sculpture. He was at the forefront of both the European and American avant-garde movements in the early twentieth century and was part of a vibrant culture that included his teacher Auguste Rodin and the members of Katherine Dreier's Societe Anonyme, such as artists Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray, Charles Demuth, and Joseph Stella. This catalogue gives particular emphasis to one of the most innovative phases of Storrs's work from the late 1910s to the 1930s when he was finding inspiration in the new skyscrapers and other modern buildings that he saw in New York and Chicago.

Balken, Debra Bricker

Sculpture

<p>Published to accompany an exhibition of the same name, this fully illustrated, all-color catalogue is the first examination of the work of American sculptor John Storrs (1885-1956) to appear in over twenty years. One of America's foremost modernists, Storrs produced a remarkable body of work that helped re-invigorate the then largely academic medium of sculpture. He was at the forefront of both the European and American avant-garde movements in the early twentieth century and was part of a vibrant culture that included his teacher Auguste Rodin and the members of Katherine Dreier's Societe Anonyme, such as artists Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray, Charles Demuth, and Joseph Stella. This catalogue gives particular emphasis to one of the most innovative phases of Storrs's work from the late 1910s to the 1930s when he was finding inspiration in the new skyscrapers and other modern buildings that he saw in New York and Chicago.</p>

<b>Winner of the Historic New England Book Prize (2013)</b> The Boston Athenaeum played a vital role in founding the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, a fact that is not widely known. This book details this important relationship, from its inception through the museum's early years when the Athenaeum's continued support ensured the young institution's survival. This historic partnership was remarkable in its intensity, intimacy, and informality, yet its details have never been fully documented. Based on extensive new research, With Eclat chronicles the joint endeavor in greater detail than ever before and places it in the context of Boston's changing cultural landscape. This extraordinary story will appeal to those who know these wonderful institutions or are interested in the history of American museums.

With Eclat: The Boston Athenaeum and the Origin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Hirayama, Hina

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

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Katharine Lane Weems: Sculpture and Drawings

Last Edwardians: An Illustrated History of Violet Trefusis & Alice Keppel

Whipple and Black: Commercial Photographers in Boston

Henry Rowe Schoolcraft Collection: A Catalogue of Books in Native American Languages in the Library of the Boston Athenaeum

Boston Lithography 1825 - 1880 the Boston Athenaeum Collection

John Storrs: Machine-Age Modernist

John Storrs: Machine-Age Modernist

With Eclat: The Boston Athenaeum and the Origin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston