Summer 2017 (3.1)

Editor's Welcome: Issue 3.1

Features

The Thiele Family Monument, a stone sculpture depicting an angel with clasped hands and a bearded man with his hand on her shoulder, against a backdrop of bare tree branches.

The Thiele Family Monument: Vision of a Heavenly Future

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image of 2 baseball players

Marmorean Ballplayer: Sheriff John McNamee of Brooklyn and His Sculptural Career in Florence

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In the Round

Research Notes

image of a man looking through a device called a skiascope

Looking through the Skiascope: Benjamin Ives Gilman and the Invention of the Modern Museum Gallery

Steven Lubar
A self-portrait painting of an artist in his studio, holding a palette and brushes.

“It’s in My Mind”: William Merritt Chase and the Imagination

James Glisson
A portrait of Samuel Finley, attributed to John Hesselius.

A Portrait of Samuel Finley Attributed to John Hesselius

Megan Holloway Fort

Bully Pulpit

The National Museum of African American History and Culture, a tiered bronze building, stands with the Washington Monument visible in the background.
Jacqueline Francis

What are Museums For?

El Museo del Barrio's brick facade and glass entrance featuring the quote "A MUSEUM IS A SCHOOL: THE ARTIST LEARNS TO COMMUNICATE. THE PUBLIC LEARNS TO MAKE CONNECTIONS."
Rocío Aranda-Alvarado

Rocío Aranda-Alvarado

The word 'PANORAMA' in bold white capital letters on a black background, with 'PANO' on the first line and 'RAMA' on the second.
Tuliza Fleming

Tuliza Fleming

The word 'PANORAMA' in bold white capital letters on a black background, with 'PANO' on the first line and 'RAMA' on the second.
Jonathan Frederick Walz

Jonathan Frederick Walz

The word 'PANORAMA' in bold white capital letters on a black background, with 'PANO' on the first line and 'RAMA' on the second.
Neal Benezra

Neal Benezra

The word 'PANORAMA' in bold white capital letters on a black background, with 'PANO' on the first line and 'RAMA' on the second.
Blake Shell

Blake Shell

Book Reviews

Book cover for the book Women of abstract expressionism

Women of Abstract Expressionism

Lara Kuykendall
John Singer Sargent's painting "Gassed" depicts a line of WWI soldiers blinded by mustard gas, being led by orderlies past fallen comrades.

Grand Illusions: American Art and the First World War

Jennifer Wingate
Book cover for "Barnstorming the Prairies: How Aerial Vision Shaped the Midwest" by Jason Weems, featuring a stylized biplane flying over geometric farmland.

Barnstorming the Prairies: How Aerial Vision Shaped the Midwest

Andrea M. Truitt
Book cover for "A Strange Mixture: The Art and Politics of Painting Pueblo Indians" by Scott, featuring a painting with abstract figures and small pueblo-style buildings.

A Strange Mixture: The Art and Politics of Painting Pueblo Indians

Emily C. Burns
A detail from José Clemente Orozco's mural 'The Epic of American Civilization' depicts Albert Einstein among a crowd of workers and immigrants, with an American flag and industrial machinery in the background

Ben Shahn’s New Deal Murals: Jewish Identity in the American Scene

Amy Werbel

Exhibition Reviews

Abolitionist and women's rights advocate Sojourner Truth sits knitting in a sepia-toned portrait, with the caption "I SELL THE SHADOW TO SUPPORT THE SUBSTANCE. SOJOURNER TRUTH."

Sojourner Truth, Photography, and the Fight Against Slavery

Jackie Clay
A large painting of a woman in a red kimono next to a vase of white peonies dominates the foreground of an art gallery with dark teal walls and wooden floors.

William Merritt Chase: A Modern Master

Christina Michelon
A painting depicting a marriage portrait of Harriet and John Tubman, held by several white-gloved hands.

Kerry James Marshall: Mastry

Diana Tuite
An art gallery features the "POST BLACK FOLK ART IN AMERICA" exhibition, with a large abstract red, white, and blue artwork prominently displayed alongside various other folk art pieces on white walls.

Post Black Folk Art in America 1930–1980–2016

Elaine Y. Yau