Bild 1 von 12
Galerie
Bild 1 von 12
Magician of the Modern: Chick Austin and the Transformation
US $15,00
Ca.EUR 12,92
Artikelzustand:
- Sofort-KaufenMagician of the Modern: Chick Austin and the Transformation… - Eugene R Gaddis
Oops! Looks like we're having trouble connecting to our server.
Refresh your browser window to try again.
Versand:
Kostenlos USPS Media MailTM.
Standort: Clearwater, Florida, USA
Lieferung:
Lieferung zwischen Sa, 6. Dez und Fr, 12. Dez nach 94104 bei heutigem Zahlungseingang
Rücknahme:
30 Tage Rückgabe. Käufer zahlt Rückversand. Wenn Sie ein eBay-Versandetikett verwenden, werden die Kosten dafür von Ihrer Rückerstattung abgezogen.
Zahlungen:
Sicher einkaufen
- Gratis Rückversand im Inland
- Punkte für jeden Kauf und Verkauf
- Exklusive Plus-Deals
Info zum Artikel
Der Verkäufer ist für dieses Angebot verantwortlich.
eBay-Artikelnr.:156582771115
Artikelmerkmale
- Artikelzustand
- Literary Movement
- Modernism
- ISBN
- 9780394587776
Über dieses Produkt
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0394587774
ISBN-13
9780394587776
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1155843
Product Key Features
Book Title
Magician of the Modern : Chick Austin and the Transformation of the Arts in America
Number of Pages
512 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Museum Administration & Museology, Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General, Artists, Architects, Photographers, Genres & Styles / Jazz
Publication Year
2000
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Music, Art, Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.4 in
Item Weight
36.9 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
00-034905
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
700/.92 B
Synopsis
The story of Chick Austin is the story, in Virgil Thomson's words, of "a whole cultural movement in one man." Becoming director of Hartford's Wadsworth Atheneum at the age of twenty-six, Austin immediately set about to introduce modern art to America and to transform this conservative insurance capital into a cultural mecca that would become the talk of the art world during the yeasty years between the two world wars. The first in the United States to mount a major Picasso retrospective, Austin was soon acquiring works by Dalí, Mondrian, Miró, Balthus, Max Ernst, and Alexander Calder. In the museum's new theater (which he designed), he staged the premiere of the revolutionary Gertrude Stein and Virgil Thomson opera Four Saints in Three Acts (with an all-black cast). At Lincoln Kirstein's instigation, he brought Balanchine to America. And he embraced all the new art forms, making film, photography, architecture, and contemporary music part of the life of his museum. For his own family he built a Palladian villa (now a recently restored national historic landmark), filling it with the baroque and the Bauhaus and inviting all the locals in to see how it felt to be modern. Austin's instinct for quality proved infallible. Whether acquiring a matchless Caravaggio or a startling Dalí, he balanced the old masters with the modern. Mounting provocative shows that linked the past to the present, he created dramatic installations--and he threw himself into everything, hanging fabrics, creating backdrops, stitching up costumes. He loved to teach, to paint, to act, to give lavish costume balls, and to dazzle audiences of all ages with his performances as a magician, the Great Osram. Brilliant at using his magician's sleight of hand, he could manipulate his conservative trustees to get what he wanted--but only up to a point. One more purchase of an incomprehensible abstract canvas, one outrageous party too many, one more shocking theatrical role, eventually led to a crisis. Never one to be idle for long, Austin left Hartford and took on a new challenge--to make an artistic triumph of the pink-and-white palace in Sarasota, Florida, known as the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, which housed the circus king's moldering but magnificent collection. Here is the colorful life of Chick Austin, and as we relish his audacious career--the risks he took, the successes he enjoyed along with the inevitable setbacks--we understand what a far-reaching influence he had on the way Americans look at and think about art. Not only a brilliant portrait of an extraordinary man, this wonderfully American story gives us a fascinating behind-the-scenes glimpse into the art world as it was then--and in many ways still is today.
LC Classification Number
N576.H3.G33 2000
Artikelbeschreibung des Verkäufers
Info zu diesem Verkäufer
GreatFloridadeals4U
99,5% positive Bewertungen•4.721 Artikel verkauft
Angemeldet als privater VerkäuferDaher finden verbraucherschützende Vorschriften, die sich aus dem EU-Verbraucherrecht ergeben, keine Anwendung. Der eBay-Käuferschutz gilt dennoch für die meisten Käufe. Mehr erfahrenMehr erfahren
Verkäuferbewertungen (1.519)
- e***e (2)- Bewertung vom Käufer.Letztes JahrBestätigter KaufSeller had plenty of photos and well described the floor mats. They shipped the next morning, arrived well packaged (not rolled up or folded) and were clean. Good price, fast shipping, look new. Would 100% buy from this seller again.BMW X5M X5 F95 G05 All-Weather Rubber Floor Mat Assembly Set 2019 - 2024 OEM (Nr. 156833133356)
- a***m (6057)- Bewertung vom Käufer.Letzter MonatBestätigter KaufQuick shipping, good protective packaging on DVD. It arrived in New condition as described. Thanks for a great deal and a perfect eBay transaction.
- d***r (137)- Bewertung vom Käufer.Letzte 6 MonateBestätigter KaufIt came in a timely manner, packed nicely. Just as it was pictured fir a reasonable price.
Noch mehr entdecken:
- Masters of the Universe Jugendliche Hörbücher und Hörspiele,
- Erwachsene Masters of the Universe Hörbücher und Hörspiele,
- Masters of the Universe Jugendliche Hörbücher und Hörspiele,
- Erwachsene Masters of the Universe Hörbücher und Hörspiele,
- Masters-of-the-Universe - Europa-Editions Hörbücher und Hörspiele,
- Ungekürzte Masters of the Universe Buchreihe Hörbücher und Hörspiele,
- Masters of the Universe Buchreihe Hörbücher und Hörspiele auf Englisch,
- Masters of the Universe Buchreihe Hörbücher und Hörspiele mit Kinder- & Jugendliteratur,
- Masters of the Universe Buchreihe Kassette Hörbücher und Hörspiele mit Kinder- & Jugendliteratur,
- Frederick-the-Great-Belletristik - Bücher
GreatFloridadeals4U
99,5% positive Bewertungen•4.721 Artikel verkauft
Angemeldet als privater VerkäuferDaher finden verbraucherschützende Vorschriften, die sich aus dem EU-Verbraucherrecht ergeben, keine Anwendung. Der eBay-Käuferschutz gilt dennoch für die meisten Käufe. Mehr erfahrenMehr erfahren
Verkäuferbewertungen (1.519)
- e***e (2)- Bewertung vom Käufer.Letztes JahrBestätigter KaufSeller had plenty of photos and well described the floor mats. They shipped the next morning, arrived well packaged (not rolled up or folded) and were clean. Good price, fast shipping, look new. Would 100% buy from this seller again.BMW X5M X5 F95 G05 All-Weather Rubber Floor Mat Assembly Set 2019 - 2024 OEM (Nr. 156833133356)
- a***m (6057)- Bewertung vom Käufer.Letzter MonatBestätigter KaufQuick shipping, good protective packaging on DVD. It arrived in New condition as described. Thanks for a great deal and a perfect eBay transaction.
- d***r (137)- Bewertung vom Käufer.Letzte 6 MonateBestätigter KaufIt came in a timely manner, packed nicely. Just as it was pictured fir a reasonable price.