The dance of life : figure and imagination in American art, 1876-1917 / Mark D. Mitchell ; with essays by Josephine W. Rodgers, Kelsey Wingel, and Bryan J. Wolf.
"Published in conjunction with the exhibition 'The Dance of Life: Figure and Imagination in American Art, 1876-1917' held at the Yale University Art Gallery, September 6, 2024 - January 5, 2025.
Contents:
Introduction / Mark D. Mitchell -- After life -- Models -- "Live one's life as a work of art": a fable of class and taste / Bryan J. Wolf. -- The Boston Public Library -- Vital energy -- Touch -- Collective work -- "Mural painting and the nineteenth-century civic imagination: art, innovation, and science" / Josephine W. Rodgers -- The Pennsylvania capitol -- Modern morals -- Dance -- The hours -- "Creating 'the hours': Edwin Austin Abbey's process and materials" / Kelsey Wingel.
Subject Terms:
Figurative art, American -- Exhibitions. | Art, American -- Exhibitions. | Art, Renaissance -- United States -- Exhibitions.