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Art of the Gold Rush by Janice T. Driesbach, Katherine Church Holland, Oakland Museum Staff, Harvey L. Jones and Crocker Art Museum Staff (1998, Hardcover)

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PublisherUniversity of California Press

ISBN-100520214315

ISBN-139780520214316

eBay Product ID (ePID)792991

Product Key Features

Book TitleArt of the Gold Rush

Number of Pages168 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicUnited States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General, American / General, History / General

Publication Year1998

IllustratorYes

GenreArt, History

AuthorJanice T. Driesbach, Katherine Church Holland, Oakland Museum Staff, Harvey L. Jones, Crocker Art Museum Staff

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight32.4 Oz

Item Length11 in

Item Width8.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN97-029319

Dewey Edition21

Dewey Decimal759.194/07494

SynopsisThe California Gold Rush captured the get-rich dreams of people around the world more completely than almost any event in American history. This catalog, published in celebration of the sesquicentennial of the 1848 discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill, shows the vitality of the arts in the Golden State during the latter nineteenth century and documents the dramatic impact of the Gold Rush on the American imagination. Among the throngs of gold-seekers in California were artists, many self-taught, others formally trained, and their arrival produced an outpouring of artistic works that provide insights into Gold Rush events, personages, and attitudes. The best-known painting of the Gold Rush era, C.C. Nahl's Sunday Morning in the Mines (1872), was created nearly two decades after gold fever had subsided. By then the Gold Rush's mythic qualities were well established, and new allegories--particularly the American belief in the rewards of hard work and enterprise--can be seen on Nahl's canvas. Other works added to the image of California as a destination for ambitious dreamers, an image that prevails to this day. In bringing together a range of art and archival material such as artists' diaries and contemporary newspaper articles, The Art of the Gold Rush broadens our understanding of American culture during a memorable period in the nation's history., The California Gold Rush captured the get-rich dreams of people around the world more completely than almost any event in American history. This catalog, published in celebration of the sesquicentennial of the 1848 discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill, shows the vitality of the arts in the Golden State during the latter nineteenth century and documents the dramatic impact of the Gold Rush on the American imagination. Among the throngs of gold-seekers in California were artists, many self-taught, others formally trained, and their arrival produced an outpouring of artistic works that provide insights into Gold Rush events, personages, and attitudes. The best-known painting of the Gold Rush era, C.C. Nahl'sSunday Morning in the Mines(1872), was created nearly two decades after gold fever had subsided. By then the Gold Rush's mythic qualities were well established, and new allegories--particularly the American belief in the rewards of hard work and enterprise--can be seen on Nahl's canvas. Other works added to the image of California as a destination for ambitious dreamers, an image that prevails to this day. In bringing together a range of art and archival material such as artists' diaries and contemporary newspaper articles,The Art of the Gold Rushbroadens our understanding of American culture during a memorable period in the nation's history.

LC Classification Number97-29319