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Like breath on glass : Whistler, Inness, and the art of painting softly

Title
Like breath on glass : Whistler, Inness, and the art of painting softly / [edited by] Marc Simpson ; with essays by Wanda M. Corn ... [et al.].
Publication
Williamstown, Mass. : Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute ; New Haven : Distributed by Yale University Press, c2008.

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Additional Authors
  • Simpson, Marc.
  • Corn, Wanda M.
  • Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute.
Description
xi, 267 p. : ill. (chiefly col.); 28 cm.
Subject
  • Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903 > Exhibitions
  • Inness, George, 1825-1894 > Exhibitions
  • Painting, American > 19th century > Exhibitions
  • Painting, American > 20th century > Exhibitions
Note
  • Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Mass., June 22-Oct. 19, 2008.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-259) and index.
Contents
Painting softly : an introduction / Marc Simpson -- Whistler, modernism, and the creative afflatus / Marc Simpson -- George Inness, softness, and the vapor barrier / Leo G. Mazow -- True illusions in soft paintings / Cody Hartley -- Materials for immateriality / Joyce Hill Stoner -- Plates -- The ''inaction painters" and their moment / Michael J. Lewis -- Reflections on "The color of mood" / Wanda M. Corn -- Appendix : The color of mood : American tonalism, 1880-1910.
Call Number
JQZ 12-2624
ISBN
  • 9780931102783 (hardcover : Clark : alk. paper)
  • 0931102782 (hardcover : Clark : alk. paper)
  • 9780931102769 (pbk. : Clark : alk. paper)
  • 0931102766 (pbk. : Clark : alk. paper)
  • 9780300134063 (hardcover : Yale : alk. paper)
  • 0300134061 (hardcover : Yale : alk. paper)
LCCN
2008002678
OCLC
183531729
Title
Like breath on glass : Whistler, Inness, and the art of painting softly / [edited by] Marc Simpson ; with essays by Wanda M. Corn ... [et al.].
Imprint
Williamstown, Mass. : Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute ; New Haven : Distributed by Yale University Press, c2008.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-259) and index.
Added Author
Simpson, Marc.
Corn, Wanda M.
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute.
Research Call Number
JQZ 12-2624
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