History of the National Academy of Design 1825-1953 / Eliot Clark.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clark, Eliot, author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1954]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

A history of the National Academy of the Arts from its founding in 1802 to 1953. Topics include early constitutions, exhibitions, social affiliations, conflicts within the organization, and others.

Contents:

Frontmatter

FOREWORD / White, Lawrence Grant

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

INTRODUCTION

Ι . ORIGINS: THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS FOUNDED IN NEW YORK, 1802. THE NEW YORK DRAWING ASSOCIATION. CAUSES FOR THE FORMATION OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN. THE FOUNDERS

II. THE ACADEMY BEGINS: EARLY CONSTITUTIONS. THE SCHOOL. CHANGES OF LOCATION. CLINTON HALL

III. YEARS OF CONFLICT: THE FIRST EXHIBITION. CONTROVERSY BETWEEN THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS AND THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN. JOHN TRUMBULL AND SAMUEL F. B. MORSE. THE END OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY

IV. AMERICAN PAINTING, 1825-1865: PORTRAITURE. LANDSCAPE. GENRE

V. SOCIAL AFFILIATIONS: NOTABLE HONORARY MEMBERS. THE SKETCH CLUB AND OTHER GROUPS SPONSORED BY THE NATIONAL ACADEMY. THE ART UNION

VI. A SERIES OF HOMES: SAMUEL MORSE INVENTS THE TELEGRAPH. THE DAGUERREOTYPE. THE ACADEMY MOVES TO 663 BROADWAY AND TO TENTH STREET AND FOURTH AVENUE. ARTISTS' RECEPTIONS. SALE OF THE BROADWAY PROPERTY. PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY AT 2 3D STREET AND FOURTH AVENUE. CEREMONY CELEBRATING THE LAYING OF THE CORNERSTONE OF THE NEW BUILDING

VII. AT 23D STREET: THE FIRST MEETING IN THE NEW BUILDING. EXHIBITIONS AND THE HANGING COMMITTEE. AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION. THE ART STUDENTS LEAGUE. CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION, 1876

VIII. THE SOCIETY OF AMERICAN ARTISTS: STEPS LEADING TO THE FORMATION OF THE SOCIETY. THE SOCIETY MERGES WITH THE NATIONAL ACADEMY

ΙΧ. CHANGES IN PICTORIAL CONCEPTION: THE DÜSSELDORF SCHOOL. THE TONALISTS. MUNICH. PARIS. THE SALONIERS. IMPRESSIONISM

Χ. PROGRESS AND PROBLEMS: INAUGURATION OF PRIZES. CONTROVERSY RESULTING FROM THE USE OF GLASS OVER PICTURES. SALE OF 23D STREET PROPERTY. PURCHASE OF PROPERTY AT I09TH STREET AND AMSTERDAM AVENUE. THE NEW SCHOOL BUILDING

XI. A NEW CENTURY: PRIZES AND BEQUESTS. THE SCHOOL. FIRE. THE SCHOOL THROUGH THE FIRST WORLD WAR AND UNTIL 1925

XII. CHANGING YEARS: ACADEMY EXHIBITIONS IN THE FINE ARTS GALLERY. CRITICS AND ARTISTS. FORMATION OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY ASSOCIATION. THE FIRST WORLD WAR

XIII. ART IN TURMOIL: "THE OLD GUARD". THE AMERICAN TRADITION. WINSLOW HOMER. THOMAS EAKINS. "THE YOUNG RADICALS". REALISM. END OF AN ERA

XIV. THE SISTER ARTS: ARCHITECTURE. SCULPTURE. ENGRAVING. ETCHING

XV. THE ACADEMY CONTINUES TO FLOURISH: THE CENTENARY. EXHIBITIONS IN WASHINGTON AND NEW YORK. CULTURAL AFFILIATION WITH NEW YORK UNIVERSITY. PRESIDENT BLASHFIELD DEFINES THE ROLE OF THE ACADEMY. SEARCH FOR A NEW HOME CONTINUED. THE MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE

XVI. ART IN A WORLD AT WAR: THE NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR. PRESIDENT NICHOLS. THE ARCHER M. HUNTINGTON GIFT. THE MOVE TO FIFTH AVENUE. A SECOND FIRE. SALE OF PROPERTY AT 109TH STREET. THE SECOND WORLD WAR. VICTORY SHIP SAMUEL F. B. MORSE. THE ISIDOR FUND. THE ABBEY BEQUEST

XVII. TOWARD OTHER TOMORROWS: THE EXHIBITION COMMITTEE. THE REVISED MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE. 125TH ANNIVERSARY. EXHIBITION AND BANQUET IN HONOR OF SAMUEL F. B. MORSE. THE AMERICAN HERITAGE. REVISIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION. THE SCHOOL MOVES TO FIFTH AVENUE. THE "AVANT GARDE". EVOLUTION OF THE ACADEMY EXHIBITIONS

APPENDIX

SOURCES

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

INDEX

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9780231883757

0231883757

OCLC:

1100434752