People and the arts in North America: Summaries of biographical articles in history journals (People in history series) - Softcover

Pamela R. Byrne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0874365414 ISBN 13: 9780874365412

Publisher: ABC-CLIO, 1988

Synopsis

ABC-CLIO Ltd, Santa Barbara [Published date: 1988]. Soft cover, 182 pp. First Edition.[Excerpt from Preface] This is a book about people - specifically artists in North America. Not every artist that you can think of is in this book, nor is every important detail of the artist's life mentioned; PEOPLE AND THE ARTS IN NORTH AMERICA has 351 summaries of articles about US and Canadian artists in various phases of their life and work. For the purpose of this book, the term "artist" is intended in its broadest sense There are entries on visual artists and performing artists as well as novelists. poets, and dramatists. For example, there is biographical information on photographers, painters, sculptors, potters, dancers, actors and actresses, and filmmakers. Using this volume, students can select topics for term papers and identify the names of specific artists they wish to research further. Fictional or composite characters can be created by reading about several artists working in the same medium, or living in a particular time and place. Role enactment in the classroom will be greatly enhanced by access to the people described in these summaries. Students' understanding of history can broaden as they begin to understand how historical events and periods influenced the work of artists during a particular period. PEOPLE AND THE ARTS IN NORTH AMERICA differs from a standard biographical dictionary that provides short, structured paragraphs about well-known people. Instead, this book brings to the reader's attention sometimes lesser-known artists In addition to a sampling of the famous ones. The chronological scope of the summaries ranges from the seventeenth century to the present, and the lives touched upon are those of artists who have been the subjects of historians' research in the journals covered in AMERICA:HISTORY AND LIFE.

About this edition

• Publisher: ABC-CLIO
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0874365414
• ISBN 13: 9780874365412
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 182