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A history of American Tonalism 1880-1920 : crucible of American Modernism

Title
A history of American Tonalism 1880-1920 : crucible of American Modernism / David A. Cleveland ; foreword by John Wilmerding.
Author
Cleveland, David Adams
Publication
  • New York : Abbeville Press Publishers, [2021]
  • ©2021

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Additional Authors
Wilmerding, John
Description
xcii, 609 pages : color illustrations; 32 cm
Summary
This magnificent volume, featuring more than 750 illustrations, is the first definitive account of the Tonalist movement. Based on original research, it tells the fascinating story of how the progressive Tonalist landscape first dethroned the Hudson River School in the late 1870s and went on to become the dominant school in American art until World War I. More provocatively, it also situates Tonalism at the beginnings of American modernism, revealing how the movement's later exponents laid the groundwork for the artists of the Stieglitz Circle, and subsequently Milton Avery, Mark Rothko, Adolph Gottlieb, Barnett Newman, and Wolf Kahn. 'A History of American Tonalism' places the key figures of the movement - such as George Inness, James McNeill Whistler, and John Henry Twachtman - in their cultural context, which was influenced by such thinkers as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, John Burroughs, and William James. It also examines the lives and careers of more than 60 other Tonalist painters, lesser known but highly talented. This new edition of 'A History of American Tonalism' is augmented with more than 100 new illustrations, as well as a new overview of the stylistic principles of Tonalism. It will continue to be essential in understanding not only the Tonalist movement but American art as a whole.
Subject
  • 1800-1999
  • Landscape painting, American > 19th century
  • Landscape painting, American > 20th century
  • Tonalism > United States > History > 19th century
  • Tonalism > United States > History > 20th century
  • Landscape painting, American
  • Tonalism
  • ART / General
  • United States
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Call Number
JQG 22-111
ISBN
  • 9780789214119
  • 0789214113
OCLC
1268138243
Author
Cleveland, David Adams, author.
Title
A history of American Tonalism 1880-1920 : crucible of American Modernism / David A. Cleveland ; foreword by John Wilmerding.
Publisher
New York : Abbeville Press Publishers, [2021]
Copyright Date
©2021
Edition
Third edition.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chronological Term
1800-1999
Added Author
Wilmerding, John, writer of foreword.
Research Call Number
JQG 22-111
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