Pacific Arcadia
images of California, 1600-1915
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Author
Contributions
- Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University. - Contributor
- San Diego Museum of Art. - Contributor
- Joslyn Art Museum. - Contributor
Publication
1999 - Oxford University Press, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
60,500 words, Guess
Page Count
242 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL344420M
- ISBN-100195109368
- OCLC Control Number38566017
- OCLC Control Numberpacificarcadiaim00perr
- Library of Congress Control Number98003382
and 2 more
- Goodreads2867690
- LibraryThing693126
Classifications
- DDC760/.04499794/07479473
- LCCN8214.5.U6 P473 1999
Description
This illustrated catalog presents a fascinating cultural history of an idyllic vision of California that still figures prominently in the American imagination. Currier and Ives lithographs and the work of early European cartographers are juxtaposed with photographs by Carleton E. Watkins, Arnold Genthe, and Eadweard Muybridge, and paintings by Albert Bierstadt, James Walker, and William Hahn, among others. Perry investigates how and why this vision of a Pacific paradise was developed and marketed to the public, taking as her subject the images produced by early visitors and residents confronted by the peculiarities of California's landscape, the abundance of its natural resources, and the omnipresence of the vast Pacific.
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