TROPICAL RENAISSANCE : North American Artists Exploring Latin America, 1839 - 1879 (New Directions in American Art) Tapa dura - 1989

Washington: Smithsonian Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1989. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0874747147 . B&W and Color Reproductions; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 235 pages; 1989 Smithsonian. Oversize HC/DJ. 1st edition, 1st printing. Tightly bound and fresh in crisp edged and uniformly bright pictorial dust jacket. No marks of any kind. Trace dust spotting top edge. Illustrated throughout with b&w reproductions and a small section of color plates. NF/NF ... Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. .

Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1989. Hardcover. VG/VG. light shelfwear & light sunning to board edges. creasing to spine ends. light foxing to upper block edges.. Green cloth, gilt letters on spine, pictorial dust jacket; protective plastic cover. 235 pp. 8 color, 100 bw plates. "In the period from 1839 to 1879, at least thirty artist-travelers made long arduous treks through Central and South America. Among them were both the famous and lesser known -- Frederic Church, Titian Peale, Norton Bush, James M. Whistler, and Martin Heade. For the most part their journeys were decisive factors int heir artistic careers, constituting a major formative influence or a turning point and providing the subjects that played substantial roles in their oeuvres." (dj) Chapter titles include [Latin America: Myth and Reality]: Myths and Mind Sets: Historical Preconceptions Attracting Travelers to Latin America; Art in The Context of United States-Latin America Relations From The Vantage Point of 1859.… Leer más

Washington, D.C., U.S.A.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1989. This is a study of 19th century North American artists whose travels through Central and South America had a decisive influence on their own artistic careers; includes 100 black & white illustrations, 8 color plates, and an appendix with the biographies and itineraries of the artist-travelers (olive green cloth with gold lettering on spine is slightly sunned along upper edge; pictorial dust jacket with yellow & white lettering is enclosed in a mylar cover; a bright, clean, tight copy in nearly perfect condition; in stock & available for immediate shipment from a reliable independent bookstore). First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. 9 1/4" X 10 1/4".

Washington: Smithsonian, 1989. x, 235, Numerous b/w & col illus. . PB. Vg in d/w.. . [9780874747140]

Smithsonian, 1989-10-17. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!