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Life and Times of Jo Mora : Iconic Artist of the American West.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Newburyport : Gibbs Smith, Publisher, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (412 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781423657361
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Life and Times of Jo MoraDDC classification:
  • 709.2
LOC classification:
  • N6537.M6418 H555 2021
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Preface -- Introduction -- Growing into the Arts -- Wanderlust, Vaqueros, and the Missions of California -- Off to the Sierra -- Yosemite and the Trail to Arizona -- Hopiland: A Dream Come True -- Settling and Working in California -- Training for the Great War -- The Lure to the Monterey Peninsula -- Mapping History: the Cartes -- Jo Mora as Writer and Illustrator -- Abounding Talent: Etchings and Dioramas -- The End of the Trail: Putting Away the Sculpting Tools -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix -- Jo Mora's Public Sculpture and Architectural Adornments -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography and Sources.
Summary: Jo Mora (1876-1947) lived the Western life he depicted in his prolific body of visual art. The magnitude of Mora's insights into his life and work, as described in his own words--many presented here in this book--cannot be underestimated. Peter Hiller's thoughtful presentation of Jo Mora's life is seen here in all of its creative glory.
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Intro -- Preface -- Introduction -- Growing into the Arts -- Wanderlust, Vaqueros, and the Missions of California -- Off to the Sierra -- Yosemite and the Trail to Arizona -- Hopiland: A Dream Come True -- Settling and Working in California -- Training for the Great War -- The Lure to the Monterey Peninsula -- Mapping History: the Cartes -- Jo Mora as Writer and Illustrator -- Abounding Talent: Etchings and Dioramas -- The End of the Trail: Putting Away the Sculpting Tools -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix -- Jo Mora's Public Sculpture and Architectural Adornments -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography and Sources.

Jo Mora (1876-1947) lived the Western life he depicted in his prolific body of visual art. The magnitude of Mora's insights into his life and work, as described in his own words--many presented here in this book--cannot be underestimated. Peter Hiller's thoughtful presentation of Jo Mora's life is seen here in all of its creative glory.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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