Wildlife in American Art: Masterworks from the National Museum of Wildlife Art

by Adam Duncan Harris

Book Overview

The first European artist-naturalists to tour North America in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries were awed not only by the continent's varying landforms but also by the animals they encountered: vast herds of buffalo, majestic horned stags, a bewildering variety of birds. The earliest sketches depicting these fauna began the remarkable tradition of wildlife in American art, a tradition that evolved along with the United States as a nation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806140992
• ISBN13: 9780806140995
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 287 Pages
• Weight: 4.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 9.0" x 12.0"