American landscapes : meditations on art and literature in a changing world / edited by Ann J. Abadie and J. Richard Gruber, with contributions from the following panelists and writers John Alexander, Melanie Munns Antonelli, Jason Bouldin [and 22 others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Abadie, Ann J., editor.

Gruber, J. Richard, editor.

Alexander, John, contributor.

Antonelli, Melanie Munns, contributor.

Bouldin, Jason, contributor.

Series:

University of Mississippi Museum and Historic Houses Series ; volume 2.

University of Mississippi museum and historic houses series ; volume 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Landscapes in art.

Landscapes in literature.

Art and literature--United States.

Art and literature.

Landscapes--United States.

Landscapes.

Landscape painting, American.

Landscape painters--United States--Interviews.

Landscape painters.

United States.

Genre:

Interviews

Physical Description:

272 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 x 29 cm.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2023]

Summary:

"American Landscapes: Meditations on Art and Literature in a Changing World is a major contemporary survey of landscapes in art and literature of the United States, especially the American South. Inspired by William Dunlap's extraordinary landscape Meditations on the Origins of Agriculture in America and a collection of forty paintings and photographs by southern artists, this volume brings together artists, authors, and scholars to present new perspectives on art and literature both past and present. The volume includes art and text from artists John Alexander, Jason Bouldin, William Dunlap, Carlyle Wolfe Lee, Ke Francis, Linda Burgess, Randy Hayes; photographers Sally Mann, Ed Croom, and Huger Foote; museum directors Betsy Bradley, Jane Livingston, and Julian Rankin; and authors W. Ralph Eubanks, John Grisham, J. Richard Gruber, Jessica B. Harris, Lisa Howorth, Julia Reed, Natasha Trethewey, Curtis Wilkie, Joseph M. Pierce, and Drew Gilpin Faust. This diverse group explores major eras of American history portrayed in Dunlap's painting, a landscape that evokes the displacement and genocide of Native Americans, the enslavement of Africans, the Civil War, and William Faulkner's fiction. They examine the history of landscape art in America, connecting art with the works of major writers like William Faulkner, Eudora Welty, Natasha Trethewey, and Jesmyn Ward. In eighteen new essays written during the pandemic and since the events of January 6, 2021, the essayists emphasize how the key issues Dunlap addressed in his 1987 artwork have become part of the national discourse and make his work even more vital today"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

In memoriam

Julia Evans Reed

Dunlap on Dunlap / William Dunlap

Prelude: Friends of the University of Mississippi Museum's Acquisition of "Meditations on the Origins of Agriculture in America" / Dorothy Molpus Howorth

Introduction: Looking backward, looking forward / J. Richard Gruber

The power of place in art and literature / William Dunlap

The lyrical landscape / W. Ralph Eubanks, Natasha Trethewey

Symposium keynote address opening remarks / Diane Scruggs, Noel E. Wilkin, Robert Saarnio

Keynote address: The American landscape painting tradition: History, place, charged objects, and Southern road trips / J. Richard Gruber

Southern road trip / Betsy Bradley, John Alexander, William Dunlap, Jane Livingston, Julia Reed

The power of place in art / Lisa Howorth, Jane Livingston, Sally Mann

The written word and sense of place in landscape / W. Ralph Eubanks, John Grisham, Jessica B. Harris, Curtis Wilkie

Ways of seeing the landscape / Julian Rankin, John Alexander, Jason Bouldin, William Dunlap, Carlyle Wolfe

Landscape paintings and photographs / William Dunlap, Melanie Munns Antonelli

Event photographs / Linda Burgess, Danny Dickey, and Thad Lee

Look at it, think about it / J. Richard Gruber

COVID-19 pandemic and the making of art / William Dunlap

My landscape's not your landscape: Some musings on the multiplicity of landscapes of and in the mind / Jessica B. Harris

Landscape in the time of COVID: A funky valentine / Lisa Howorth

Sense of place / Curtis Wilkie

Four meditations from the land of Rowan Oak / Ed Croom

Transitions / Randy Hayes

Epiphanies and meditations / Linda Burgess

Source of inspiration / John Grisham

Oxford odyssey / Huger Foote

Meditations on the sublime in Mississippi landscapes / Betsy Bradley

Meditations on landscape / Ke Francis

Southern light, southern landscape / W. Ralph Eubanks

Stars and snakes forever: An interview with John Alexander / J. Richard Gruber

Bearing witness: Visual aesthetics and meaning / Jason Bouldin

Landscape as subject / Carlyle Wolfe Lee

Returning / Julian Rankin

Playing Indian: The Capitol rioter dressed up as a Native American is part of a long cultural history. We ignore it at our peril / Joseph M. Pierce

What to do about William Faulkner: Review of the saddest words: William Faulkner's Civil War by Michael Gorra / Drew Gilpin Faust

Afterword: Meditations / J. Richard Gruber

About the Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: American landscapes

ISBN:

9781496845733

1496845730

OCLC:

1378380979