Pencil Sketches of Colorado
Title | Pencil Sketches of Colorado PDF eBook |
Author | Alfred Edward Mathews |
Publisher | |
Pages | 12 |
Release | 1866 |
Genre | Colorado |
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Pencil Sketches of Colorado
Title | Pencil Sketches of Colorado PDF eBook |
Author | Alfred Edward Mathews |
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Pages | |
Release | 1961 |
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Views and Viewmakers of Urban America
Title | Views and Viewmakers of Urban America PDF eBook |
Author | John William Reps |
Publisher | University of Missouri Press |
Pages | 594 |
Release | 1984 |
Genre | Canada |
ISBN | 0826204163 |
Union list catalog of the lithographic views of cities and towns made during the 19th century.
A.E. Mathews
Title | A.E. Mathews PDF eBook |
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Pages | |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Colorado |
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Contains 129 images at 5 resolutions, all texts from the following editions: Interesting narrative ... [of a journey from Texas, 1861; Pencil sketches of Colorado, its cities, principal towns and mountain scenery, 1866; Pencil sketches of Montana, 1868; Gems of Rocky Mountain scenery: containing views along and near the Union Pacific Railroad, 1869; Canyon City, Colorado, and its surroundings, 1870; as well as maps of the image sites, and an extensive bibliography.
Western Art, Western History
Title | Western Art, Western History PDF eBook |
Author | Ron Tyler |
Publisher | University of Oklahoma Press |
Pages | 313 |
Release | 2019-03-07 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 0806164425 |
For nearly half a century, celebrated historian Ron Tyler has researched, interpreted, and exhibited western American art. This splendid volume, gleaned from Tyler’s extensive career of connoisseurship, brings together eight of the author’s most notable essays, reworked especially for this volume. Beautifully illustrated with more than 150 images, Western Art, Western History tells the stories of key artists, both famous and obscure, whose provocative pictures document the people and places of the nineteenth-century American West. The artists depicted in these pages represent a variety of personalities and artistic styles. According to Tyler, each of them responded in unique ways to the compelling and exotic drama that unfolded in the West during the nineteenth century—an age of exploration, surveying, pleasure travel, and scientific discovery. In eloquent and engaging prose, Tyler unveils a fascinating cast of characters, including the little-known German-Russian artist Louis Choris, who served as a draftsman on the second Russian circumnavigation of the globe; the exacting and precise Swiss artist Karl Bodmer, who accompanied Prince Maximilian of Wied on his sojourn up the Missouri River; and the young American Alfred Jacob Miller, whose seemingly frivolous and romantic depictions of western mountain men and American Indians remained largely unknown until the mid-twentieth century. Other artists showcased in this volume are John James Audubon, George Caleb Bingham, Alfred E. Mathews, and, finally, Frederic Remington, who famously sought to capture the last glimmers of the “old frontier.” A common thread throughout Western Art, Western History is the important role that technology—especially the development of lithography—played in the dissemination of images. As the author emphasizes, many works by western artists are valuable not only as illustrations but as scientific documents, imbued with cultural meaning. By placing works of western art within these broader contexts, Tyler enhances our understanding of their history and significance.
Ores to Metals
Title | Ores to Metals PDF eBook |
Author | James Fell |
Publisher | University Press of Colorado |
Pages | 367 |
Release | 2011-05-18 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1457109808 |
This comprehensive treatment of the smelting industry of Colorado, originally published in 1979, is now back in print with a new preface by the author. Packed with fascinating statistics and mining data, Ores to Metals details the people, technologies, and business decisions that have shaped the smelting industry in the Rockies. Although mining holds more of the glamour for those in and interested in the minerals industry, smelters have continuously played a critical role in the industry's evolution since their introduction in Colorado in the 1860s. At that time, miners desperately needed new technology to recover gold and silver from ores resistant to milling. Beginning as small independent enterprises, progressing to larger integrated firms working in urban centers, and finally following a trend toward mergers, the entire industry was absorbed into one large holding company - the American Smelting and Refining Company. Over time, fortunes were won and lost, business success was converted to political success, and advances were made in science and metallurgy. Drawing on archival material, Fell expertly presents the triumphs and troubles of the entrepreneurs who built one of the great industries of the West.
Colorado, United States, America
Title | Colorado, United States, America PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Orchard Old |
Publisher | |
Pages | 70 |
Release | 1869 |
Genre | Colorado |
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