American Beauties by Harrison Fisher

American Beauties by Harrison Fisher

Harrison Fisher's portraits of healthy, poised, active, and confident women set the standard for the concept of American beauty during the early years of the twentieth century. The artist enjoyed enormous popularity from 1905 to 1920, serving as a judge in nationwide beauty contests and maintaining a celebrity status that was unparalleled for an illustrator. This original publication recaptures the images that made Fisher famous, compiling his very best black-and-white and color illustrations for Cosmopolitan, The Saturday Evening Post, and The Ladies Home Journal as well as for books and other publications.
The successors to the stylish Gibson Girls created by Charles Dana Gibson, Fisher's idealized women reflect an aspirational degree of wealth and social ease. They ride horses, play tennis, swim, go motoring in newfangled automobiles, and graciously bask in the admiration of attractive young men. These century-old images from a moment in our country's cultural history will appeal to enthusiasts of graphic art and illustration as well as to students of American art and popular culture.

The career of Harrison Fisher (1877-1934) coincided with the rapid expansion of possibilities for color printing and the huge popularity of weekly and monthly periodicals. Fisher's much-acclaimed covers for Cosmopolitan, The Saturday Evening Post, and The Ladies Home Journal made him a household name.

SKU	Nicht verfügbar
ISBN 13	9780486489100
ISBN 10	0486489108
Titel	American Beauties
Autor	Harrison Fisher
Serie	Dover Fine Art History Of Art
Buchzustand	Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Dover Publications Inc.
Erscheinungsjahr	2012-10-26
Seitenanzahl	144
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.