The Modern West: American Landscapes, 1890-1950

by Emily Ballew Neff

Book Overview

A fascinating and novel exploration of the transformative role played by the American West in the development of modernism in the United States

Drawing extensively from various disciplines including ethnology, geography, geology, and environmental studies, this groundbreaking book addresses shifting concepts of time, history, and landscape in relation to the work of pioneering American artists during the first half of the 20th century...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300114486
• ISBN13: 9780300114485
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 315 Pages
• Weight: 5.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 10.2" x 12.3"