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Description:Started by a rumor that spread among the art students of New York City during the spring of 1875, the Art Students' League was destined to become the spearhead of American art. Mr. Landgren tells with wit, perception and color the development of the League over its sixty-five years. The story is colorful, for associated with it are the greatest names in American art. William Merritt Chase, Kenyon Cox, Thomas Eakins, Frank Duveneck, Daniel Carter Beard, George Bellows, and John Sloan are among those who contributed to the prestige of the League, and who live in the pages of this book.In the early '80s there was doubt in the minds of many as to the propriety of studying from nude models, a custom which the League symbolized. Later, Anthony Comstock raided the League for distributing pornographic pictures through the mails. Customs, manners, trends - all have affected American art and, by the same token, the Art Students' League. Here is a story which automatically becomes an informal history of American art during the time of its greatest growth.Fully illustrated, Years of Art is supplemented by an album of seventy-two full page half-tone reproductions of the works of those artists connected with the League whose contributions to American art constitute the history of American art.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Years of Art: The Story of the Art Students League of New York. To get started finding Years of Art: The Story of the Art Students League of New York, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Started by a rumor that spread among the art students of New York City during the spring of 1875, the Art Students' League was destined to become the spearhead of American art. Mr. Landgren tells with wit, perception and color the development of the League over its sixty-five years. The story is colorful, for associated with it are the greatest names in American art. William Merritt Chase, Kenyon Cox, Thomas Eakins, Frank Duveneck, Daniel Carter Beard, George Bellows, and John Sloan are among those who contributed to the prestige of the League, and who live in the pages of this book.In the early '80s there was doubt in the minds of many as to the propriety of studying from nude models, a custom which the League symbolized. Later, Anthony Comstock raided the League for distributing pornographic pictures through the mails. Customs, manners, trends - all have affected American art and, by the same token, the Art Students' League. Here is a story which automatically becomes an informal history of American art during the time of its greatest growth.Fully illustrated, Years of Art is supplemented by an album of seventy-two full page half-tone reproductions of the works of those artists connected with the League whose contributions to American art constitute the history of American art.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Years of Art: The Story of the Art Students League of New York. To get started finding Years of Art: The Story of the Art Students League of New York, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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