{"product_id":"thomas-moran-and-the-surveying-of-the-american-west-isbn-9781560981701","title":"Thomas Moran and the Surveying of the American West","description":"Presenting the first in-depth study of Thomas Moran's early western landscapes, Joni Louise Kinsey describes how the artist created three monumental paintings—\u003ci\u003eThe Grand Cañon of the Yellowstone\u003c\/i\u003e (1872), \u003ci\u003eThe Chasm of the Colorado\u003c\/i\u003e (1873-74), and \u003ci\u003eThe Mountain of the Holy Cross\u003c\/i\u003e (1875)—that, in the aftermath of the Civil War, evoked the nation's spiritual journey and suggestsed its cultural upheaval. The author describes how the paintings reflected a new national identity of both failure and promise, and helped open the West for tourism and travel.“\u003ci\u003e[Thomas Moran and the Surveying of the American West]\u003c\/i\u003e significantly enlarges our understanding of how the West was imaged, imagined, and marketed.”—\u003ci\u003eJournal of the West\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“By elucidating how his works were part of the larger enterprise of developing and settling the American West, Kinsey contributes a great deal to scholarship on Thomas Moran. . . . Kinsey's book offers the reader valuable insights into the art of Moran, the visual efforts of the Great Surveys, and the complex association of surrounding networks.”—\u003ci\u003eWinterthur Portfolio\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoni Louise Kinsey\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate professor of art history at the University of Iowa.The author analyzes how Moran's paintings of the American West reflected a new national identity and helped open the West for tourism and travel.","brand":"Smithsonian Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233780412645,"sku":"NP9781560981701","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781560981701.jpg?v=1767742539","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/thomas-moran-and-the-surveying-of-the-american-west-isbn-9781560981701","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}