Research Catalog

Title

High society : American portraits of the Gilded Age : Bucerius Kunst Forum, Hamburg, June 7-August 31, 2008 / exhibition and catalogue, Barbara Dayer Gallati ; in collaboration with Ortrud Westheider ; with contributions by Barbara Dayer Gallati [and 5 others].

Publication

• Munich : Hirmer ; New York : Merrell, [2008]
• ©2008.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Gallati, Barbara Dayer
• Westheider, Ortrud
• Bucerius Kunst Forum, host institutional.

Description

214 pages : illustrations (some color), map; 29 cm.

Summary

"The period of rapid industrial expansion in America after the Civil War is known as the Gilded Age. The era saw the formation of great personal fortunes and the almost feverish amassing of goods and art to fill the palatial homes of the rich. The commissioning of portraits was one way for the new aristocracy to express their wealth and demonstrate their achievements, and the stunning works of art created during these years remain among the finest examples of portraiture. Lavishly illustrated with 175 portraits and period photographs, High Society brings to life the colourful personalities of the major artists and patrons of the Gilded Age, and, through essays exploring such themes as women artists and new public perceptions of the artist, provides an entertaining introduction to a significant chapter in American art."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Bucerius Kunst Forum publications

Uniform Title

Publikationen des Bucerius Kunst Forums

Alternative Title

American portraits of the Gilded Age

Subjects

• Portraits
• United States > Biography > Portraits > Exhibitions
• Relief (Sculpture), American > 19th century > Exhibitions
• Portrait painting, American > 20th century > Exhibitions
• Portrait painting, European > 19th century > Exhibitions
• Portrait painting, American > 19th century > Exhibitions

Genre/Form

• Biography
• Portrait.
• exhibition catalogs.
• portraits.
• Portraits.
• Biographies.
• Exhibition catalogs.
• Catalogues d'exposition.

Note

• Also published in German with title: High society : amerikanische Portraits des Gilded Age.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [212]-214).

Contents

Identity and aesthetics in American portraits of the gilded age / Barbara Dayer Gallati -- One gilded age-- and another / Eric Homberger -- "This difficult and perplexing art form" : portraiture and women artists / Sylvia Yount -- The "main field of American artists" : the reception of American portraits in Germany / Dorothee Hansen -- James McNeill Whistler and the gilded age / Ortrud Westheider -- Catalogue / Barbara Dayer Gallati -- Portraiture and the gilded age -- High society and patronage -- Artists and professional identity -- High society on public display -- Business connections -- Cosmopolitan lives -- The Peter Marié collection of miniatures -- New York in the gilded age / Susanne Scharf.

ISBN

• 9783777445458
• 3777445452
• 9781858944715
• 1858944716

LCCN

2009466685

OCLC

• ocn244007246
• 244007246
• SCSB-1501409

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library