Childe Hassam: At Dusk: Boston Common at Twilight (MFA

Childe Hassam: At Dusk: Boston Common at Twilight (MFA Spotlight Series)

In this vivid account of one of Boston's best-loved paintings, leading American art specialist Erica E. Hirshler illuminates the context of Childe Hassam's 1880s city scene. With its rosy rust tones, intimate familial vignette and quiet expanse of snow-laden park, today "At Dusk (Boston Common at Twilight)" seems to encourage reflection and represent a decidedly old-fashioned city. Yet Hirshler reveals the ways in which the painting visually signaled the emerging modern city, from subtleties about women's place in the urban landscape to the uproarious clang of the streetcars that would have been heard on the busiest block in Boston. Enriched with reproductions of related paintings and archival illustrations, this evocative volume explores the countered conventions and bulldozed buildings behind the canvas's creation. Carefully researched and elegantly presented, the latest addition to the MFA Spotlight series will delight Hassam fans and history buffs alike.
Country USA
Brand MFA Publications
Manufacturer MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 35 colour illustrations
ReleaseDate 2015-07-28
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780878468379

Country	USA
Brand	MFA Publications
Manufacturer	MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	35 colour illustrations
ReleaseDate	2015-07-28
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780878468379

Childe Hassam: At Dusk: Boston Common at Twilight (MFA Spotlight Series)