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If a picture is worth a thousand
words, then the images going on display September 26th at the
Wells
Branch Community Library will speak volumes. The prints tell a story of
America that spans the centuries. We invite you to join us in viewing the
prints and enjoying a short audio tour of the prints. Take a few minutes to learn the story behind the art and the
artist. Return each month as the display will change to feature other art in the series.
Featured in September are works by
Walker
Evans, Joseph Stella,
Thomas Cole and
Albert Bierstadt. Evans' stark and
majestic photograph of the Brooklyn Bridge, reveals the structure which
was hailed as a marvel of American engineering ingenuity when it was
built in 1883. View this side by side with the futuristic style painting
by Joseph Stella, "an abstract pattern of line, form, and color that
evokes an idea of the bridge rather than faithfully describing
it."..Thomas Cole and Albert Bierstadt were both landscape painters
intent on preserving a view of America before it disappeared under the
onslaught of tourists and settlers. Both provide sweeping panoramic
views whose natural beauty indeed was eclipsed by expanding populations.
The Picturing America images feature artists ranging from early American Indian artisans to painters
Mary Cassatt and Thomas Cole; naturalist
John James Audubon, and
architect Frank Lloyd Wright. The images are a sampler of significant
works that serves as a starting point for learning about art in America. The art
serves as a catalyst for discussion of the cultural, political,
and historical threads woven into our nation’s fabric over time.
View these masterpieces and more for yourself. You’ll be in the perfect
place if you wish to learn more about any of the works on display.
You will even have the opportunity to win a prize by
completing a few questions about the exhibit. Take time to browse our
book display on American Art, or visit the Picturing
American website (http://picturingamerica.neh.gov/)
and others using our free internet connections.
The
library was very fortunate to have been awarded this grant of the set of 40 prints from
Picturing America. This exciting
initiative from the National Endowment for the Humanities, in
cooperation with the American Library Association brings high-quality reproductions of notable American art
masterpieces into classrooms and libraries nationwide. |
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