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Unpainted to the Last: Moby-Dick and Twentieth-Century American Art
Schultz
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Paperback. Ranging from the realists to the abstract expressionists, from the famous to the obscure, Schultz reveals how various artists have tried to capture the essence of the meaning of "Moby-Dick" and to use it as a springboard for their own imaginations. Num Pages: 440 pages, 61 colour plates, 232 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; ACX; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 270 x 216 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1619.
This text re-evaluates the literary symbol of ""Moby-Dick"" and provides a different way of reading one of the famous texts of American literature. Ranging from the realists to the abstract expressionists, from the famous to the obscure, Schultz reveals how these artists have tried to capture the essence of the meaning of ""Moby-Dick"" meanings and to use it as a springboard for their own imaginations. One of the most frequently and diversely illustrated of American novels, ""Moby-Dick"" has attracted book illustrators in Rockwell Kent, Boardman Robinson, Garrick Palmer, Barry Moser, Bill Sienkiewicz, among others. It has also inspired creations by ... Read more
This text re-evaluates the literary symbol of ""Moby-Dick"" and provides a different way of reading one of the famous texts of American literature. Ranging from the realists to the abstract expressionists, from the famous to the obscure, Schultz reveals how these artists have tried to capture the essence of the meaning of ""Moby-Dick"" meanings and to use it as a springboard for their own imaginations. One of the most frequently and diversely illustrated of American novels, ""Moby-Dick"" has attracted book illustrators in Rockwell Kent, Boardman Robinson, Garrick Palmer, Barry Moser, Bill Sienkiewicz, among others. It has also inspired creations by ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
Number of Pages
440
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700607426
SKU
V9780700607426
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99-82
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