Eighty Drawings (eBook)

Including "The Weaker Sex: The Story of a Susceptible Bachelor"

Charles Dana Gibson (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2013
80 Seiten
Dover Publications (Verlag)
978-0-486-31597-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Reprint of Charles Dana Gibson's iconic drawings features numerous comic situations involving his celebrated Gibson Girl, an idealized vision of young American womanhood at the turn of the 20th century.

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American graphic artist Charles Dana Gibson (1867–1944) found enduring fame as the creator of the Gibson Girl — the beautiful, independent, and socially confident young woman who embodied the spirit of a new era at the turn of the twentieth century. This affordable volume reprints one of Gibson's best original collections in its entirety, presenting the iconic drawings as published in their original form more than 100 years ago. In addition to dozens of sketches of gorgeous Gibson Girls, this volume includes the artist's "e;The Weaker Sex"e; series, a droll sequence of vignettes depicting a smitten young man and the object of his affections.

Autor

Graphic artist Charles Dana Gibson (1867–1944) is famed for his thousands of drawings of the Gibson Girl — an idealized image of American womanhood at the turn of the 20th century.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.5.2013
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 290 x 290 mm
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Malerei / Plastik
• Schlagworte: American Art • american women history, women in history, american art, iconic drawings, gibson girl, american womanhood, classic illustration, historical art, original drawing collection, art history, american history, the weaker sex, beautiful, independent, confident, young woman, 20th century american art, sketch collection, vignettes, art, artists, beauty, master craftsman, pop culture, gender roles • Charles Dana Gibson • illustrators • Pen and Ink Drawing
• ISBN-10: 0-486-31597-5 / 0486315975
• ISBN-13: 978-0-486-31597-3 / 9780486315973