Winter 2015 (1.1)

Editor's Welcome: Issue 1.1

Features

Black and white etching showing a scene in Chinatown

The Language of Line: Chinese Writing, German Speech, and the Visual Poetics of John Winkler’s San Francisco Chinatown Etchings, 1916–1921

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Photograph of a postcard depicting a night scene of a city

“Art” Smith, Flying at Night, and the 1915 San Francisco World’s Fair

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Image showing a neighborhood with several houses

Nature Defamiliarized: Picturing New Relationships between Humans and Nonhuman Nature in Northern Landscapes from the American Civil War

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Bully Pulpit

The cover of Parnassus, Volume XIII, Number 2, a publication of the College Art Association from February 1941.
Ross Barrett, Sarah Burns, Jennifer Jane Marshall

Introduction: Bully Pulpit

The cover of the Parnassus magazine, October 1937 issue, featuring its title and a repeating background pattern of 'Art College Association'.
Lauren Kroiz

Parnassus Abolished

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

Martin A. Berger

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

JoAnne Mancini

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

Frances Pohl

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

Erika Doss

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

Jennifer Jane Marshall

Book Reviews

Book cover for They Seek a City

They Seek a City: Chicago and the Art of Migration, 1910–1950

Amy Galpin
Book cover for Witness: Art and Civil Rights in the Sixties

Witness: Art and Civil Rights in the Sixties

Erin Gray
Book cover for Transporting Visions

Transporting Visions: The Movement of Images in Early America

Austin Porter
Book cover for Manufacturing the Modern Patron in Victorian California

Manufacturing the Modern Patron in Victorian California: Cultural Philanthropy, Industrial Capital and Social Authority

Emily Handlin
Book cover for Sculpting Doughboys

Sculpting Doughboys: Memory, Gender, and Taste in America’s World War I Memorials

Jenny Carson
Book cover for Art and Appetite

Art and Appetite: American Painting, Culture, and Cuisine

Shana Klein