About the Author:
MARIE FRANK is an associate professor of art history at University of Massachusetts, Lowell.
Review:
Choice"
The New England Quarterly"
This fascinating cultural biography reveals the influence of Denman Ross and the Boston art scene from the Gilded Age to early modernism. More than simply resurrecting the reputation of a largely neglected figure, Frank explains how Ross helped move American design theory from European models based in romanticism to the pragmatic formalism that defined 20th-century art, architecture, and design. . . . This marvelous book employs superb scholarship to fittingly document Ross's intellectual contribution. . . . Highly recommended. Choice"
"Thoroughly researched, comprehensive, and engagingly written, Denman Ross and American Design Theory reveals the life, times, and "pure design" theory of early twentieth-century artist Denman Waldo Ross. . . . Frank's book is a model of lucid organization and careful scholarship . . . a fine critical analysis of a man and a theory." --The New England Quarterly
"This fascinating cultural biography reveals the influence of Denman Ross and the Boston art scene from the Gilded Age to early modernism. More than simply resurrecting the reputation of a largely neglected figure, Frank explains how Ross helped move American design theory from European models based in romanticism to the pragmatic formalism that defined 20th-century art, architecture, and design. . . . This marvelous book employs superb scholarship to fittingly document Ross's intellectual contribution. . . . Highly recommended."-- "Choice"
Thoroughly researched, comprehensive, and engagingly written, Denman Ross and American Design Theory reveals the life, times, and pure design theory of early twentieth-century artist Denman Waldo Ross. . . . Frank's book is a model of lucid organization and careful scholarship . . . a fine critical analysis of a man and a theory.-- "The New England Quarterly"
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