1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910450114203321

Autore

Erickson John R. <1943->

Titolo

Prairie gothic [[electronic resource] ] : the story of a West Texas family / / John R. Erickson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Denton, Tex., : University of North Texas Press, c2005

ISBN

1-280-73097-8

9786610730971

1-57441-400-3

1-4337-1030-7

1-4237-9794-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Collana

Frances B. Vick series ; ; no. 3

Disciplina

813/.54

B

Soggetti

Novelists, American - 20th century - Family relationships

Novelists, American - 20th century

Rural families - Texas, West

Electronic books.

Texas, West Social life and customs

Texas, West Biography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-198) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Foreword; Preface; Chapter One: Anna Beth; Chapter Two: The Visit; Chapter Three: The Quakers; Chapter Four: Martha Sherman; Chapter Five: Cynthia Ann; Chapter Six: Loose Ends; Chapter Seven: J. Evetts Haley; Chapter Eight: John Graves; Chapter Nine: Joe Sherman; Chapter Ten: Max Coleman Remembers; Chapter Eleven: The Sherman Family; Chapter Twelve: Rachel and George Singer; Chapter Thirteen: The End of the Quaker Dream; Chapter Fourteen: Gaines County; Chapter Fifteen: Mable; Chapter Sixteen: Joe Sherman's Death; Chapter Seventeen: The Currys; Chapter Eighteen: Tom Ross

Chapter Nineteen: Milt GoodChapter Twenty: Roger Sherman; Chapter Twenty-one: Roy, Burt, and Olive; Chapter Twenty-two: Decline; Chapter Twenty-three: Grandmother's Funeral; Chapter Twenty-four:



And Then There Was One; Chapter Twenty-five: Afterthoughts; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A book on Texas lore. Tells the story of people in the context of a specific place, the author creates a blend of family and regional history This book includes his encounters with famous Texas writers. Excerpts from journals, letters, and other original sources enrich the narrative.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910787864403321

Autore

Wood Christopher S.

Titolo

Albrecht Altdorfer and the origins of landscape / / Christopher S. Wood

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, [England] : , : Reaktion Books, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-78023-115-6

Edizione

[Revised and expanded second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (439 p.)

Disciplina

759.3

Soggetti

Art, Modern

Landscape painting, Renaissance - Germany

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Albrecht Altdorfer and the Origins of Landscape; Imprint Page; Contents; 1. Independent Landscape; Where Landscape could Appear; Landscape and Text; Landscape as Parergon or By-Work; 2. Frame and Work; The German Artist's Career; Subject and Setting; The Landscape Study; 3. The German Forest; Two-Dimensional Pleasures; Germania Illustrata; Outdoor Worship; Wanderer, Traveller; 4. Topography and Fiction; The Topographical Drawing; Style in Altdorfer's Pen-and-Ink Landscapes; 5. The Published Landscape; Altdorfer's Public; 'Printed Drawings'; Order and Disorder

Afterword to the Second EditionReferences; Bibliography; List of Illustrations; Checklist of Landscapes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In the early sixteenth century, Albrecht Altdorfer promoted landscape from its traditional role as background to its new place as the focal point of a picture. His paintings, drawings, and etchings appeared



almost without warning and mysteriously disappeared from view just as suddenly. In Albrecht Altdorfer and the Origins of Landscape, Christopher S. Wood shows how Altdorfer transformed what had been the mere setting for sacred and historical figures into a principal venue for stylish draftsmanship and idiosyncratic painterly effects. At the same time, his landscapes offered a den