Contributions

  • 5 Continents Editions - Contributor
  • Denver Art Museum - Contributor
  • Montreal Museum of Fine Arts - Contributor

Publication

2017 - , Italy

Language

English

Word Count

75,750 words, Guess

Page Count

303 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-108874397658
  • ISBN-10289192407X
  • ISBN-100914738267
  • ISBN-139788874397655
  • ISBN-139782891924078
and 6 more
  • ISBN-139780914738268
  • OCLC Control Number973087279
  • Better World Books9788874397655
  • Better World Books9780914738268
  • Better World Books9782891924078
  • Open LibraryOL26938352M

Classifications

  • DDC704
  • LCCN6525 .O53 2017
  • LCCN6525.O53 2017

Alternate Titles

  • Western

Description

The Western is the quintessential American epic--a mythic story of nation building, triumphs, failures, and fantasies. This book accompanies the first major exhibition to examine the Western genre and its evolution from the mid-1800s in fine art, film, and popular culture, exploring gender roles, race relations, and gun violence--a story that is about more than cowboys and American Indians, pursuits and duels, or bandits and barroom brawls. From 19th-century landscape paintings by Albert Bierstadt and Frederic Remington to works by Andy Warhol, Ed Ruscha, and Kent Monkman; from the legends of "Buffalo Bill" Cody and Billy the Kid to John Ford's classic films and Sergio Leone's spaghetti Westerns and recent productions by Quentin Tarantino, Ang Lee, and Joel and Ethan Coen, 'The Western' observes how the mythology of the West spread throughout the world and endures today.00Exhibition: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Canada (14.10.2017-04.02.2018).

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