A Summer of Birds
John James Audubon at Oakley House
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2020
Louisiana State University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8071-7293-3 (ISBN)
Louisiana State University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8071-7293-3 (ISBN)
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Recounts the season that shaped John James Audubon's destiny, sorting facts from romance to give an intimate view of the world's most famous bird artist. A new preface marks the two hundredth anniversary of that eventful interlude, reflecting on Audubon's enduring legacy among artists, aesthetes, and nature lovers.
Over the summer of 1821, a cash-strapped John James Audubon worked as a tutor at Oakley Plantation in Louisiana's rural West Feliciana Parish. This move initiated a profound change in direction for the struggling artist. Oakley's woods teemed with life, galvanizing Audubon to undertake one of the most extraordinary endeavors in the annals of art: a comprehensive pictorial record of America's birds. That summer, Audubon began what would eventually become his four-volume opus, Birds of America.
In A Summer of Birds, Danny Heitman recounts the season that shaped Audubon's destiny, sorting facts from romance to give an intimate view of the world's most famous bird artist. A new preface marks the two-hundredth anniversary of that eventful interlude, reflecting on Audubon's enduring legacy among artists, aesthetes, and nature lovers in Louisiana and around the world.
Over the summer of 1821, a cash-strapped John James Audubon worked as a tutor at Oakley Plantation in Louisiana's rural West Feliciana Parish. This move initiated a profound change in direction for the struggling artist. Oakley's woods teemed with life, galvanizing Audubon to undertake one of the most extraordinary endeavors in the annals of art: a comprehensive pictorial record of America's birds. That summer, Audubon began what would eventually become his four-volume opus, Birds of America.
In A Summer of Birds, Danny Heitman recounts the season that shaped Audubon's destiny, sorting facts from romance to give an intimate view of the world's most famous bird artist. A new preface marks the two-hundredth anniversary of that eventful interlude, reflecting on Audubon's enduring legacy among artists, aesthetes, and nature lovers in Louisiana and around the world.
Danny Heitman is an award-winning columnist and the editorial page editor for The Advocate newspaper in Louisiana. His essays and book reviews have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Smithsonian, and elsewhere.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 03.03.2020 |
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| Reihe/Serie | The Hill Collection: Holdings of the LSU Libraries |
| Verlagsort | Baton Rouge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 140 x 216 mm |
| Gewicht | 224 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater | |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8071-7293-6 / 0807172936 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8071-7293-3 / 9780807172933 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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