Life and Times of Jo Mora
Title | Life and Times of Jo Mora PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Hiller |
Publisher | Gibbs Smith |
Pages | 457 |
Release | 2021-04-20 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1423657365 |
An essential addition to any collection of Western art and Americana, The Life and Times of Jo Mora provides an in-depth biography of this gifted illustrator, painter, writer, cartographer, and sculptor. Jo Mora (1876–1947) lived the Western life he depicted in his prolific body of visual art, comprising sculpture, paintings, architectural adornments, dioramas, and maps. He explored California Missions, the natural glories of Yosemite, California’s ranch life, and eventually the culture of the Hopi and Navajo in Arizona. During his travels, Mora documented observations that became the source material and inspiration for much of his later artwork. The magnitude of Mora’s insights into his life and work, as described in his own words—many presented here in this book—cannot be underestimated. Jo Mora’s many diaries, journals, and literary efforts reveal an intellectual discernment, originality, and humor that enhance our appreciation of his work. Remarkably, throughout his life Mora supported his family solely through a series of art commissions that ranged from restaurant murals to heroic-scale sculpture. He welcomed risks and challenges, was unafraid of hard work, and did nearly everything well, from writing children’s stories to commanding an army battalion-in-training to shooting mountain lions. Ever modest, he seemed to think that this versatility was nothing extraordinary. Peter Hiller’s thoughtful presentation of Jo Mora’s life is seen here in all of its creative glory.
Budgee Budgee Cottontail
Title | Budgee Budgee Cottontail PDF eBook |
Author | Jo Mora |
Publisher | Stoecklein Publishing |
Pages | 64 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9780922029235 |
Budgee goes out into the world where he has many adventures before he returns to his home.
Trail Dust and Saddle Leather
Title | Trail Dust and Saddle Leather PDF eBook |
Author | Jo Mora |
Publisher | Bison Books |
Pages | 246 |
Release | 1987-03-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780803281455 |
Born in Uruguay in 1876, Jo Mora worked with and observed cowboys and vaqueros from Canada to the tierra caliente for more than half a century. In Trail Dust and Saddle Leather he presents in authentic lingo and detailed drawings the real-life cowboy's daily chores and chow, clothing and equipment, and ways with critters and steeds.
The Life and Times of Jo Mora
Title | The Life and Times of Jo Mora PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Hiller |
Publisher | |
Pages | 192 |
Release | 2019 |
Genre | Artists |
ISBN | 9780692053423 |
Californios, the Saga of the Hard-riding Vaqueros
Title | Californios, the Saga of the Hard-riding Vaqueros PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday |
Pages | 184 |
Release | 1949 |
Genre | California |
ISBN |
The Fate Of A Gesture
Title | The Fate Of A Gesture PDF eBook |
Author | Carter Ratcliff |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 335 |
Release | 2019-07-09 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 1000301389 |
I am indebted first to Thomas B. Hess and James Fitzsimmons, the editors of Artnews and Art International, who encouraged me to publish the essays and reviews that led, years later, to this book. I am equally grateful for the encouragement I have received from Elizabeth C. Baker, the editor of Art in America.
Contemporary Italian Diversity in Critical and Fictional Narratives
Title | Contemporary Italian Diversity in Critical and Fictional Narratives PDF eBook |
Author | Marie Orton |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Pages | 303 |
Release | 2021-10-26 |
Genre | Literary Collections |
ISBN | 168393315X |
Contemporary Italian Diversity in Critical and Fictional Narratives brings together creative literary works and scholarly articles. Both address the changes and challenges to identity formation in an Italy marked by the migrations, populism, nationalism, and xenophobia, and analyze diversity and the affirmation of belonging.