Spirit of Peace by John Arthur
This is an examination of the realist tradition in contemporary American landscape painting, which the author sees as the only form of visual expression that has remained a constant link in American art, from the late 19th-century work of Frederic E.Church, through to the present day. After surveying the predecessors, including Homer, Burchfield and O'Keeffe, and a new generation with Fairfield Porter, Alex Katz and Neil Welliver, the author devotes chapters to the various formal approaches of the painters of the 1970s and 1980s. Realism is interpreted broadly; some of the paintings illustrated are expressionist in feeling, and lyricism dominates, rather than the hard edge of photorealism. Some eighty painters are discussed and their works illustrated. Among the contemporary artists are Diebenkorn, Wyeth, Beckman, Estes, Button, Kahn and Wonner. The book makes both art historical and critical points, and is a survey of the best in American landscape in the second half of the twentieth century.John Arthur was a professor of philosophy and director of the Program in Philosophy, Politics, and Law at Binghamton University. He was the author of The Unfinished Constitution: Philosophy and Constitutional Practice (1989), Words That Bind: Judicial Review and the Grounds of Modern Constitutional Theory (1995), and Race, Equality, and the Burdens of History (2007), among other works. He also edited the widely used ethics anthology, Morality and Moral Controversies.
William H. Shaw is professor of philosophy at San Jose State University. He is the author of Marx's Theory of History (1978), Moore on Right and Wrong: The Normative Ethics of G. E. Moore (1995), Contemporary Ethics: Taking Account of Utilitarianism (1999), and Business Ethics (6th ed. 2008). He has edited several volumes, including (with John Arthur), Justice and Economic Distribution (2nd ed. 1994).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780821217078 |
| ISBN 10 | 0821217070 |
| Title | Spirit of Peace |
| Author | John Arthur |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown & Company |
| Year published | 1989-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 160 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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