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Alfred Stieglitz
From the prizewinning Jewish Lives series, a&#;fascinating biography of a revolutionary American artist ripe for rediscovery as a photographer and champion of other artists
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Alfred Stieglitz (–) was an enormously influential artist and nurturer of artists even though his accomplishments are often overshadowed bygd his role as Georgia O’Keeffe’s husband. This new book from celebrated biographer Phyllis Rose reconsiders Stieglitz as a revolutionary force in the history of American art.
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Born in New Jersey, Stieglitz at age eighteen went to study in Germany, where his father, a wool merchant and painter, insisted he would get a proper education. After returning to America, he became one of the first American photographers to achieve international fame. By the time he was sixty, he gave up photography and devoted himself to selling and promoting art. His first gallery, , was the first American gallery to show works by Picasso, Rodin, Matisse
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Alfred Stieglitz- Books
- Alfred Stieglitz: A Legacy of Light by Katherine HoffmanPublication Date:Architecture & Art
This konto of Stieglitz's life and work includes many photographs, a list of exhibitions in Stieglitz's galleries, a bibliography, and an index. - Stieglitz, Steichen, Strand: Masterworks from the Metropolitan Museum of Art bygd Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) Staff (Contribution by); Malcolm R. DanielPublication Date:Architecture & Art
Published in conjunction with the exhibition "Stieglitz, Steichen, Strand," held at The storstads- Museum of Art, New York, from November 10, , to April 10,
With an introduction, an essay entitled "The Big Three," and a list of plates. - Alfred Stieglitz and the Photo-Secession, by William I. HomerCall Number: HA; TR .H65Publication Date:Architecture & Art; Undergraduate Library
An illustrated survey of the work of Stieglitz and others included in the "Photo-Secession•
Art Appreciation: Alfred Stieglitz&#;s Photography
Alfred Stieglitz spent his life in photography just to credit it as a compelling form of art. At these ages, photography was disregarded as a form of art since it was believed that art was not made by machines but was done by work of hands. He tried to imply that the camera was used as a tool the same way as a paintbrush is also used as a tool in art. In his views, he suggested that there should be many schools of photographic art just to form a full basis of arts since there were lots of schools of painting.
In his work, he tried to explain the relationship between photography and art by a movement known as Pictorialism. He was trying to prove that photography is like art, the same way as drawing and painting. In this movement, he took a picture of a steam engine with a landscape that gave a well-defined Impression. They manipulated the photos in a dark room with some mechanism that made them look like they are artistically drawn