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The Resource John Singleton Copley in America, Carrie Rebora [and others] ; with contributions by Morrison H. Heckscher, Aileen Ribeiro, Marjorie Shelley

John Singleton Copley in America, Carrie Rebora [and others] ; with contributions by Morrison H. Heckscher, Aileen Ribeiro, Marjorie Shelley

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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 success
  • This 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
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
xv, 348 pages
Note
Exhibition catalog
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
Isbn
9780810964921
Instance
Label
John Singleton Copley in America
Title
John Singleton Copley in America
Statement of responsibility
Carrie Rebora [and others] ; with contributions by Morrison H. Heckscher, Aileen Ribeiro, Marjorie Shelley
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Subject
Genre
Language
eng
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 success
  • This 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
Cataloging source
DLC
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • bibliography
  • catalogs
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  • Barratt, Carrie Rebora
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
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  • Copley, John Singleton
  • United States
  • Artists and patrons
  • Group identity in art
  • Social status in art
  • Artistes et mécènes
  • Identité collective dans l'art
  • Statut social dans l'art
  • Copley, John Singleton
  • Artists and patrons
  • Group identity in art
  • Social status in art
  • United States
  • Schilderijen
  • Portretten
  • Copley, John Singleton
Label
John Singleton Copley in America, Carrie Rebora [and others] ; with contributions by Morrison H. Heckscher, Aileen Ribeiro, Marjorie Shelley
Instantiates
Publication
Note
Exhibition catalog
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-336) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
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
Control code
32085369
Dimensions
32 cm
Extent
xv, 348 pages
Isbn
9780810964921
Lccn
95002520
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations (some color)
System control number
(OCoLC)32085369
Label
John Singleton Copley in America, Carrie Rebora [and others] ; with contributions by Morrison H. Heckscher, Aileen Ribeiro, Marjorie Shelley
Publication
Note
Exhibition catalog
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-336) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
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
Control code
32085369
Dimensions
32 cm
Extent
xv, 348 pages
Isbn
9780810964921
Lccn
95002520
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations (some color)
System control number
(OCoLC)32085369

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