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Facture:
Conservation,
Science, Art History
Volume 1:
Renaissance Masterworks
Edited by Daphne Barbour
and E. Melanie Gifford
The National Gallery of Art,
Washington, introduces a journal
presenting the latest conservation
research on works in its collection. Named for ‘the manner in
which things are made’, Facture addresses aspects of
conservation from treatment and technical art history to
scientific research. The inaugural volume focuses on great
works of the Renaissance, studying sculpture, painting and
drawing from various points of view. With the publication of
this biennial journal, the National Gallery maintains a tradition
of fostering dialogue among art historians, scientists and
conservators working in the international museum community.
Facture presents peer-reviewed articles by highly respected
authorities aimed at the specialist as well as the general reader.
Daphne Barbour is senior object conservator and E. Melanie
Gifford is research conservator for paintings technology at the
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Published by the National Gallery of Art, Washington
Distributed by Yale University Press
September 192 pp. 279x203mm. 115 colour illus.
PB ISBN 978-0-300-19742-6 £40.00*
Translation rights: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Art 67
American
Adversaries
West and Copley in a
Transatlantic World
Emily Ballew Neff
and Kaylin H. Weber
With contributions by Janet
Catherine Berlo, James Clifton,
Leo Costello, Christopher Lloyd,
Donna Pierce and Martin Postle
American artists and innovators Benjamin West and John
Singleton Copley changed the way history was recorded in the
18th century. Initially friends but eventually rivals, the artists
painted events as they happened, illustrating the transformation
of imperial power through diplomacy between British
Americans and the Iroquois, and through transatlantic trade,
exploration and the natural history of the West Indies. Focusing
on two iconic works, West’s The Death of General Wolfe and
Copley’s Watson and the Shark, American Adversaries charts the
rise of contemporary history painting, and offers a compelling
examination of American history and New World exploration.
Exhibition
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 29/09/13 – 05/01/14
Emily Ballew Neff is curator of American painting and sculpture,
and Kaylin H. Weber is assistant curator of American painting
and sculpture, both at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Distributed for the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
August 320 pp. 305x248mm. 220 colour illus.
HB ISBN 978-0-300-19646-7 £55.00*
Translation rights: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Thomas Moran, Golden Gate, Yellowstone National Park, 1893. Oil on canvas. 36 1/4 x 50 1/4 inches.
Buffalo Bill Center of the West, Cody, Wyoming. Museum purchase, 4.75
Art of the
American Frontier
The Buffalo Bill Center
of the West
Stephanie Mayer Heydt
With essays by Mindy A.
Besaw and Emma Hansen
The visual history of the
American West calls to mind
iconic artworks and nostalgia for the past. Art of the American
Frontier presents more than 300 artworks and artefacts from
1830 to 1930, showcasing the premier collections of the
Buffalo Bill Center of the West. The complicated history of
westward expansion is presented through the iconography of
the frontier, spanning Plains Indian materials, government
survey photographs and paintings by early artist-explorers.
Exhibition
High Museum of Art, 02/11/13 – 02/03/14
Stephanie Mayer Heydt is Margaret and Terry Stent Curator
of American Art at the High Museum of Art. Mindy A.
Besaw is John S. Bugas Curator of the Whitney Gallery of
Western Art and Emma Hansen is curator of the Plains Indian
Museum, both at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West.
Published in association with the High Museum of Art
January 160 pp. 254x305mm. 320 colour illus.
HB ISBN 978-0-300-19738-9 £30.00*
Translation rights: High Museum of Art, Atlanta
Thomas Sully
Painted Performance
William Keyse Rudolph
and Carol Eaton Soltis
Thomas Sully painted some of
the most dynamic personalities
of the 19th century. Although he
created more than two thousand
portraits and subject paintings,
his full production has never
before been examined in depth. The child of actors, Sully’s
lifelong connection to the theatre informed his imagination.
His portraits of 19th-century actors, celebrities, royalty and
politicians established his reputation, and would mark all his
works, particularly his ‘fancy pictures’, portraits evoking scenes
from literature, fairy tales, Shakespeare, or of his own devising.
Exhibition
Milwaukee Art Museum, 11/10/13 – 05/01/14
San Antonio Museum of Art, 07/02/14 – 04/05/14
William Keyse Rudolph is the Dudley J. Godfrey Jr. Curator
of American Art and Decorative Arts and Director of
Exhibitions at the Milwaukee Art Museum. Carol Eaton
Soltis is project associate curator at the Center for American
Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Distributed for the Milwaukee Art Museum
September 192 pp. 305x241mm. 160 colour illus.
HB ISBN 978-0-300-19741-9 £40.00*