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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Valance, Hélène, author.     Subjects     Night in art.     Light and darkness.     Vision.     Art, American -- 19th century.     Art, American -- 20th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Valance, Hélène, author.       by title:      Nocturne : night in ...         MARC Display

Nocturne : night in American art, 1890-1917 / Hélène Valance, translated by Jane Marie Todd. by Valance, Hélène, author. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2018] Subjects Night in art.   Light and darkness.   Vision.   Art, American -- 19th century.   Art, American -- 20th century. ISBN:  9780300223996 (hardcover) : 0300223994 (hardcover) Description:  ix, 242 pages : color illustrations, facsimiles ; 29 cm Contents:  Antivisions: the redefinition of vision by science and technology -- A paradoxical aesthetics -- The image in crisis: vision questioned by science and technology -- The work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction -- Visions of the mind and spirit -- Heart of darkness: the nocturne as metaphor for racial difference -- Inverted light: the nocturne in the age of imperialism -- Vanishing Indians: nostalgic reminiscence and haunting presence -- A blueblood landscape: the nocturne as white art in Jim Crow America -- Landscape reconfigured: urban nocturnes -- Contrast, confrontation, and spectacle: the alterity of urban nights -- Shadow presences: the figure in the urban landscape -- The urban nocturne and the redefinition of the American landscape. Requests:  0 Summary:  "The turn of the twentieth century witnessed a surge in the creation and popularity of nocturnes and night landscapes in American art. In this original and thought-provoking book, Hélène Valance investigates why artists and viewers of the era were so captivated by the night. Nocturne examines works by artists such as James McNeill Whistler, Childe Hassam, Winslow Homer, Frederic Remington, Edward Steichen, and Henry Ossawa Tanner through the lens of the scientific developments and social issues that dominated the period. Valance argues that the success of the genre is connected to the resonance between the night and the many forces that affected the era, including technological advances that expanded the realm of the visible, such as electric lighting and photography; Jim Crow-era race relations; America's closing frontier and imperialism abroad; and growing anxiety about identity and social values amid rapid urbanization. This absorbing study features 150 illustrations encompassing paintings, photographs, prints, scientific illustration, advertising, and popular media to explore the predilection for night imagery as a sign of the times"--Book jacket   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Art, Music & Recreation 704.7309 Va Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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