John Singleton Copley in America, Carrie Rebora [and others] ; with contributions by Morrison H. Heckscher, Aileen Ribeiro, Marjorie Shelley
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Label
John Singleton Copley in America, Carrie Rebora [and others] ; with contributions by Morrison H. Heckscher, Aileen Ribeiro, Marjorie Shelley
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-336) and index
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
John Singleton Copley in America
Nature of contents
bibliographycatalogs
Oclc number
32085369
Responsibility statement
Carrie Rebora [and others] ; with contributions by Morrison H. Heckscher, Aileen Ribeiro, Marjorie Shelley
Summary
"Unexpectedly, John Singleton Copley illuminated Boston's colonial sky," writes one of the authors of this volume. The son of poor Irish immigrants, Copley (1738-1815) became the supreme portraitist of the colonial era before he left his native Boston for England in 1774. Primarily in Boston, and to some extent in New York, Copley depicted contemporary merchant princes, clergymen, and military officers and their wives, as well as Paul Revere, Samuel Adams, John Hancock, and other political leaders. His splendidly painted portraits provided his sitters, Loyalists and revolutionaries alike, with the opulent images they craved and brought him spectacular material successThis book, which accompanies an important exhibition of Copley's work organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, is the first major study of the artist published since 1966. Like the exhibition, it focuses on the large-scale paintings, miniatures, and pastels Copley executed before he moved to London, on the theory that his American oeuvre is unified by the circumstances of its production and is stylistically and intellectually distinct from his English pictures
Table Of Contents
Copley and art history : the study of America's first old master / Carrie Rebora -- Accounting for Copley ; Character and class / Paul Staiti -- An American despite himself / Theodore E. Stebbins Jr. -- "The whole art of dress" : costume in the work of John Singleton Copley / Aileen Ribeiro -- Copley in miniature / Erica E. Hirschler -- Painting in crayon : the pastels of John Singleton Copley / Marjorie Shelley -- Copley's picture frames / Morrison H. Heckscher -- Catalogue / Janet L. Comey [and others] -- Chronology / Carrie Rebora
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Subject
- Catalogues d'exposition
- Statut social dans l'art -- Expositions
- Schilderijen
- Portrait
- exhibition catalogs
- Exhibition catalogs
- Identité collective dans l'art -- Expositions
- Copley, John Singleton, (1738-1815) -- Catalogues d'exposition
- Artistes et mécènes -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 18e siècle -- Expositions
- Exhibition catalogues
- Artists and patrons -- United States -- History -- 18th century -- Exhibitions
- Portraits
- Copley, John Singleton, 1738-1815 -- Exhibitions
- portraits
- United States -- Biography -- Portraits -- Exhibitions
- Portretten
- Social status in art -- Exhibitions
- Group identity in art -- Exhibitions
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- Genre7
- Subject18
- Catalogues d'exposition
- Statut social dans l'art -- Expositions
- Schilderijen
- Portrait
- exhibition catalogs
- Exhibition catalogs
- Identité collective dans l'art -- Expositions
- Copley, John Singleton, (1738-1815) -- Catalogues d'exposition
- Artistes et mécènes -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 18e siècle -- Expositions
- Exhibition catalogues
- Artists and patrons -- United States -- History -- 18th century -- Exhibitions
- Portraits
- Copley, John Singleton, 1738-1815 -- Exhibitions
- portraits
- United States -- Biography -- Portraits -- Exhibitions
- Portretten
- Social status in art -- Exhibitions
- Group identity in art -- Exhibitions
- Content1
- Other version1
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