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The Mural in America: Wall Painting in the United States from Prehistory to the PresentSEE BLOG AT 9 by Francis V. O'Connor A SHORT, ILLUSTRATED OUTLINE OF THE BOOK'S PARTS AND CHAPTERS Part 1 THE NATURE, NEGLECT, AND ENVIRONMENTAL AESTHETICS OF MURALS Introduction Chapter 1 -- The Nature and Neglect of the Mural Chapter 2 -- The Environmental Aesthetics of Murals Part 2 NATIVE AMERICAN MURALS Introduction Chapter 3 -- Murals of the Southwest Peoples Chapter 4 -- The Plains & Northwest Peoples
Reconstruction of Black Elk’s Tipi (Diagram: The Author)
Part 3
COLONIAL AND EARLY AMERICAN MURALS Introduction Chapter 5 -- Colonial Murals Chapter 6 -- Early Domestic Murals Part 4 MURALS OF THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL: 1817-1880 Introduction Chapter 7 -- Early Murals from 1817 to 1855 Chapter 8 -- Brumidi & his Atelier: 1855 to 1880
The author standing beneath Constantino Brumidi’s Hermes, in the dome of the United States Capitol during its restoration ca. 1987 (Photo: Dr. Barbara A. Wolanin)
Part 5
BEAUX ARTS MURALS: 1870-1920 Introduction Chapter 9 -- Academic Culture and Classical Ideals Chapter 10 -- Early Murals: l870 to 1895 Chapter 11 -- Late Academic Murals: 1895 to 1920 Part 6 MODERNIST RE-DIRECTIONS: 1900 to 1935 Introduction Chapter 12 -- Transitional, Proto-Social Realist, & Art Nouveau Murals: 1900 to 1935 Chapter 13 -- Art Deco Murals: 1920 to 1935 Chapter 14 -- Mexican Muralists in the U.S.: 1930 to 1935 Part 7 MURALS OF THE 1930s Introduction Chapter 15 -- The Usable Past: Regionalist, Historical, & Social Realist Murals Chapter 16 -- The Usable Future: Abstract & Surrealist Murals
Plan of the WPA Federal Art Project murals by Edward Laning in the Lobby of the Main Reading Room, the New York Public Library, ca. 1939-42. (Diagram: The Author)
Part 8
THE MURAL AS PRIVATE ACT & PUBLIC ART: 1940 to 1980 Introduction Chapter 17 -- Abstract Expressionist Murals & The Big Picture: 1940 to 1960 Chapter 18 -- Government-Sponsored Murals: 1965 ff. Part 9 COMMUNITY AND POSTMODERNIST MURALS: 1965 to 1990 Introduction Chapter 19 -- The Community Mural Movement & the Resurgence of Public Art:1965ff. Chapter 20 -- The Postmodernist Mural: 1970 ff.
View of the installation of Sol LeWitt’s murals in the Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA, 1993. (Diagram: The Author)
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