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Currier & Ives: Chronicles of America
folio size hardcover
- GenresArtNonfiction
256 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1968
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February 3, 2021Every time I try to thin down my home bookshelves, I consider parting with this volume from my big art book collection. And every time, I open the cover, get lost in images, and decide to keep it - a pictorial history of 19th century Americana.
A.K. Baragwanath says in his introduction:
"It is doubtful that any series of prints or drawings so fully captured a period of life in any other time or country as did these lithographs. Here translated through the eyes of Nathaniel Currier and James Merritt Ives - in association with their many artists is a rich pageant interpreted with all the sentimentality, morality and prejudices of the period reflected."
From the Foreword:
"The selection of the prints for this book was made with the following criteria in mind: Important events in the history of our country, the social life of the times, the economic life of the times, life in the city, life in the country, and finally, the quality of the art reproduced in the prints.
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The purpose of any book is to tell a story. It may be fiction, it may be a story of fact or facts but it must entertain with information or fantasy. I believe that this book conveys a story of America as it was and that Currier & Ives were the leading "communicators" of their times."
-John Lowell Pratt, New York, N.Y., February 22, 1968
The 220 color prints in "Chronicles of America" are divided into the following sections:
The Beginning
The American Revolution
The War of 1812
The Mexican War
The Sea & Ships
- Clipper Ships
- Whaling
- Yachting
- Steam Ships
The West
- The North America Indian
- The Prairies and the Mountains
New York City
Fire Fighters and Fires
Railroads
The Civil War
Sports
- Horse Racing
The Mississippi
Hunting and Fishing
The Country Year
Poetry and Pictures
A.K. Baragwanath says in his introduction:
"It is doubtful that any series of prints or drawings so fully captured a period of life in any other time or country as did these lithographs. Here translated through the eyes of Nathaniel Currier and James Merritt Ives - in association with their many artists is a rich pageant interpreted with all the sentimentality, morality and prejudices of the period reflected."
From the Foreword:
"The selection of the prints for this book was made with the following criteria in mind: Important events in the history of our country, the social life of the times, the economic life of the times, life in the city, life in the country, and finally, the quality of the art reproduced in the prints.
..
The purpose of any book is to tell a story. It may be fiction, it may be a story of fact or facts but it must entertain with information or fantasy. I believe that this book conveys a story of America as it was and that Currier & Ives were the leading "communicators" of their times."
-John Lowell Pratt, New York, N.Y., February 22, 1968
The 220 color prints in "Chronicles of America" are divided into the following sections:
The Beginning
The American Revolution
The War of 1812
The Mexican War
The Sea & Ships
- Clipper Ships
- Whaling
- Yachting
- Steam Ships
The West
- The North America Indian
- The Prairies and the Mountains
New York City
Fire Fighters and Fires
Railroads
The Civil War
Sports
- Horse Racing
The Mississippi
Hunting and Fishing
The Country Year
Poetry and Pictures
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