Susan P Schoelwer Author Connecticut Needlework Women Art and Family 17401840

Most widely held works past Susan Prendergast Schoelwer

Connecticut needlework : women, art, and family unit, 1740-1840 by Connecticut Historical Society( )

7 editions published in 2010 in English and held by 1,354 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Connecticut Needlework is Susan Schoelwer'due south third remark-able book in scarcely a decade and a comprehensive catalog of inestimable value to collectors and curators. It is a seminal work of incredible depth that projects women's domestic fine art into the pantheon of invaluable cultural documents."--Sumpter Priddy, author of American Fancy: Exuberance in the Arts, 1790--1840 --Book Jacket

Discovered lands, invented pasts : transforming visions of the American West by Jules David Prown( Book )

2 editions published in 1992 in English and held by 943 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"A common theme of western American fine art--from the depictions of Indians by early explorers to the awe-inspiring landscapes of Albert Bierstadt to the vibrant images of Georgia O'Keeffe--is the transformation of the land through European-American exploration and resettlement. In this handsome book, leading government look at western American fine art of the past 3 centuries, reevaluating it from the perspectives of history, fine art history, and American studies." "Jules David Prown begins the book past discussing the need for interdisciplinary approaches to broaden the study of western American art. Nancy Chiliad. Anderson then calls for a reconsideration of western fine art every bit fine art rather than documentation and for the adoption of new methods to probe its aesthetic, historical, political, and cultural complexities. William Cronon explores what an environmental historian might acquire from American landscape art, terminal that each image must be read as a multilayered view intertwining past, present, and time to come within a larger context of progress and expansionism. Examining representations of American Indians, Brian West. Dippie finds that early works pictured Indians caught up in a process of dramatic change while later on artists showed them frozen outside of time; when the frontier concluded, western fine art made nostalgia its defining characteristic. Martha A. Sandweiss argues that the ways in which views of the American due west and its peoples reached nineteenth-century audiences--through large edition prints, book illustrations, or theatrical exhibitions--significantly affected both the images and the meanings attached to them. Susan Prendergast Schoelwer challenges popular perceptions of the frontier equally a womanless domain, discovering arable pictures of Native American women in the fine art of the western fur trade. Howard R. Lamar concludes by discussing the changing perceptions of western artists and inhabitants of their region'south landscape in the twentieth century."

Alamo images : irresolute perceptions of a Texas experience by Susan Prendergast Schoelwer( Book )

five editions published in 1985 in English language and held by 338 WorldCat fellow member libraries worldwide

This DeGolyer Library major exhibition attempts to explore the evolution of the Alamo myth itself and to suggest what that myth may reflect nearly the American character. This investigation has revealed much that is disruptive and contradictory. The Alamo's defense certainly was heroic and has thus served well as a standard for subsequent American warriors, but this battle suggests a darker side to the American character too. The Texas revolution deepened the separate between North and S over the expansion of slavery into the Southwest and West. To many of its contemporaries, such as abolitionist leader Benjamin Lundy, the Texas revolution suggested not a fight for liberty but he ambitious expansion of slavery. The link between the Alamo and slavery may or may non exist historically tenuous- and in the popular legend it is nonexistent- simply the broader question of racism in the development of the Alamo myth should non be casually dismissed. The exhibit explores this theme, specifically in respect to the myth's treatment of Tejanos, or Mexican Texans. -- from Foreword

Connecticut Needlework: Women, Art, and Family, 1740-1840 by Susan Prendergast Schoelwer( )

3 editions published in 2010 in English language and held past 159 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Masterworks from the extraordinary needlework collections of the Connecticut Historical Society

The full general in the garden : George Washington'due south mural at Mountain Vernon by Adam T Erby( Book )

5 editions published between 2014 and 2015 in English and held by 144 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The General in the Garden provides an engaging, informative, and richly illustrated introduction to George Washington's mural at Mount Vernon--arguably the all-time-documented, best-preserved complex of gardens and grounds to survive from eighteenth-century America. The books three essays, by Adam T. Erby, J. Dean Norton, and Esther C. White, chronicle Washington'southward transformation of the manor in the years betwixt the American Revolution and the Constitutional Convention of 1787, the stewardship of its gardens by the Mount Vernon Ladies' Clan since 1860, and the archaeology that led to the recent restoration of Washington's showplace upper garden. Mount Vernon assistant curator Adam Erby examines Washington's critical office in developing Mount Vernon's landscape, arguing that the general drew on British design sources and gardening manuals simply adjusted them to his own circumstances, creating a truly American garden. J. Dean Norton, Mount Vernon'due south manager of horticulture, traces the evolution of the estate'south mural and recreated gardens beyond the ii centuries since Washington's decease. And Esther White, Mount Vernon'south managing director of historic preservation and research, shows how groundbreaking archaeological methods facilitated the discovery of Washington-era garden beds and borders of flowers, shrubs, and vegetables in his upper garden--a remarkable find that yielded i of the nearly significant eighteenth-century garden recreations of our time. Besides included is a lavishly illustrated guide to Mount Vernon's landscape features, introducing Washington'southward dearest estate to a modern audience. -- Amazon.com

Lives bound together : slavery at George Washington'due south Mountain Vernon ( Book )

i edition published in 2016 in English and held by 32 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Examines slavery at George Washington'southward Virginia plantation, Mountain Vernon, during the eighteenth century. Features brief, illustrated biographies of xix enslaved individuals, based on primary documents, archaeology, and oral histories. Ten essays discuss Washington'due south views on slavery, resistance, types of evidence, and the legacy of slavery at Mountain Vernon"--

A rustle of silk : costumes from the Caroline Burford Danner manor past Indianapolis Museum of Art( Book )

iii editions published in 1979 in English and held by 29 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Painted ladies, virgin lands : women in myth and image of the American frontier, 1830-1860 past Susan Prendergast Schoelwer( )

two editions published in 1994 in English and held by 11 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Lions & eagles & bulls : early American tavern & inn signs from the Connecticut Historical Order ( Volume )

3 editions published in 2000 in English language and held by 7 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"This catalogue - published in conjunction with a major traveling exhibition - features works from The Connecticut Historical Club, which houses the nation'southward preeminent collection of early on American painted tavern signs. 8 essays, written past prominent scholars of American fine art and cultural history, explore the medium and discuss why these signs are much more than than picturesque relics of foretime times. Indeed, this volume reconnects sign paintings to the broad continuum of artistic genres and practices within which they were produced, displayed, and viewed."--Jacket

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