The Sweat of Their Face: Portraying American Workers
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| Rating | : | 4.17 (855 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1588346056 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-05-20 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
This richly illlustrated book charts the rise and fall of labor from the empowered artisan of the eighteenth century through industrialization and the current American business climate, in which industrial jobs have all but disappeared. Yet work can also be something imposed upon people: it can be exploitative, painful, and hard. Work also has been valued as the key element in the philosophy of self-improvement and social mobility that undergird the American value system. This duality is etched into the faces of the people depicted in the portraits showcased in The Sweat of Their Face: Portraying American Workers. This companion volume to an exhibition at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery examines working-class subjects as they appear in artworks by artists including Winslow Homer, Elizabeth Catlett, Danny Lyon, and Shauna Frischkorn. Work always has been a central construct in the United States, influencing how Americans measure their lives and assess their contribution to the wider society. The Sweat of Their Face is a powerful visu
About the Author DAVID C. DOROTHY MOSS is director of the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition and curator of painting and sculpture at the National Portrait Gallery. . He has curated exhibitions on Walt Whitman, Abraham Lincoln, American poetry, and the award-winning Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture. WARD is the National Portrait Gallery's senior historian. He has also authored several books, including Charles Willson Peale: Art and Selfhood in the Early Republic. She has contributed to numerous exhibition catalogues, and her articles and essays have been published in the Burlington Magazine, Gastronomica, and American Art
He has curated exhibitions on Walt Whitman, Abraham Lincoln, American poetry, and the award-winning Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture. WARD is the National Portrait Gallery's senior historian. She has contributed to numerous exhibition catalogues, and her articles and essays have been publish