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UNINA9910450114203321 |
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Erickson John R. <1943-> |
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Titolo |
Prairie gothic [[electronic resource] ] : the story of a West Texas family / / John R. Erickson |
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Denton, Tex., : University of North Texas Press, c2005 |
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1-280-73097-8 |
9786610730971 |
1-57441-400-3 |
1-4337-1030-7 |
1-4237-9794-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (225 p.) |
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Collana |
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Frances B. Vick series ; ; no. 3 |
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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 |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-198) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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: |
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And Then There Was One; Chapter Twenty-five: Afterthoughts; References; Index |
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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. |
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UNINA9910787864403321 |
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Autore |
Wood Christopher S. |
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Albrecht Altdorfer and the origins of landscape / / Christopher S. Wood |
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London, [England] : , : Reaktion Books, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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[Revised and expanded second edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (439 p.) |
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Art, Modern |
Landscape painting, Renaissance - Germany |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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