Visions of the Big Sky, 5: Painting and Photographing the Northern Rocky Mountain West

From the Wind River Range to the Canadian border, the northern Rocky Mountain West is an outsized...
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Author: Dan Flores
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Visions of the Big Sky, 5: Painting and Photographing the Northern Rocky Mountain West by Flores, Dan

Visions of the Big Sky, 5: Painting and Photographing the Northern Rocky Mountain West

$226.50

Visions of the Big Sky, 5: Painting and Photographing the Northern Rocky Mountain West

$226.50
Author: Dan Flores
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
From the Wind River Range to the Canadian border, the northern Rocky Mountain West is an outsized land of stunning dimensions and emotive power. In Visions of the Big Sky, Dan Flores revisits the Northern Rockies artistic tradition to explore its diversity and richness. In his essays about the artists, photographers, and thematic historical imagery of the region, he blends art and cultural history with personal reflection to assess the formation of the region's character.

The volume features 140 color and black-and-white illustrations, ranging from prehistoric rock art to modernist painting, and from charismatic wildlife scenes to classic landscape. They demonstrate the preponderance of Indians and wilderness in the region's art and explore the work of individuals as diverse as Edward Sheriff Curtis and Ansel Adams. Focusing on those whose art has defined the region, Flores tells how painters like Maynard Dixon interpreted the Northern Rockies and describes the contributions of women artists Fra Dana, Evelyn Cameron, and Emily Carr. A final essay, "What Was Charlie Russell Trying to Tell Us?" critically examines the legacy of Montana's cowboy artist.

Conversational in tone and as informative as they are entertaining, these essays provide rich vistas of their own. Visions of the Big Sky does for the region's art what The Last Best Place did for its literature.



Author: Dan Flores
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 04/01/2010
Pages: 248
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 3.45lbs
Size: 10.20h x 10.30w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780806138978


Award: Montana Book Award - Honor Book


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 07/01/2010 pg. 81
Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2010 pg. 254

About the Author
Flores, Dan: -

Dan Flores is retired as A. B. Hammond Professor of History at the University of Montana, Missoula. He is the author of numerous books, including Visions of the Big Sky: Painting and Photographing the Northern Rocky Mountain West and The Natural West: Environmental History in the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains.

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