{"title":"Sylvia Yount","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSylvia Yount\u003c\/strong\u003e offers a rich exploration of visual culture through meticulous research and engaging narratives. Her works delve into the lives and oeuvres of artists like Winslow Homer, illuminating the nuances of their creative processes and historical context.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders drawn to \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e will find Yount’s books a compelling blend of scholarly insight and accessible storytelling, perfect for appreciating the depth and influence of American art and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"winslow-homer-by-stephanie-l-herdrich-9781588397478","title":"Winslow Homer","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis timely study of Winslow Homer highlights his imagery of the Atlantic world and reveals themes of racial, political, and natural conflict across his career.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLong celebrated as the quintessential New England regionalist, Winslow Homer (1836–1910) in fact brushed a much wider canvas, traveling throughout the Atlantic world and frequently engaging in his art with issues of race, imperialism, and the environment. This publication focuses, for the first time, on the watercolours and oil paintings Homer made during visits to Bermuda, Cuba, coastal Florida, and the Bahamas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn particular, \u003cem\u003eThe Gulf Stream\u003c\/em\u003e (1899), an iconic painting long considered the most consequential of his career, reveals the artist’s lifelong fascination with struggle and conflict. The book also includes Homer’s depictions of rural life and the sea, in which he grapples with the violence of nature, as well as his Civil War and Reconstruction paintings of the 1860s and 1870s, which explore the unresolved effects of the war on the landscape, soldiers, and the formerly enslaved.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRecognising the artist’s keen ability to distill complex issues in his work, \u003cem\u003eWinslow Homer: Crosscurrents\u003c\/em\u003e upends popular conceptions and convincingly argues that Homer’s work resonates with the challenges of the present day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47601379901676,"sku":"9781588397478","price":95.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781588397478-winslow-homer.jpg?v=1777998823"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/sylvia-yount.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}