{"product_id":"albert-bierstadt-witness-to-a-changing-west-volume-30-9780806160047","title":"Albert Bierstadt: Witness to a Changing West Volume 30","description":"\u003cbr\u003e As one of America's most prominent nineteenth-century painters, Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902) is justly renowned for his majestic paintings of the western landscape. Yet Bierstadt was also a painter of history, and his figural works, replete with images of Plains Indians and the American bison, are an important part of his legacy as well. This splendid full-color volume highlights his achievements in chronicling a rapidly changing American West. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Born in Germany, Bierstadt rose to prominence as an American artist in the late 1850s and enjoyed nearly two decades of critical success. His paintings propelled him to the forefront of the American art scene, but they also met with reproach from his peers and critics in the press who viewed his painting style as outmoded. Bierstadt's star has both risen and fallen as modern art historians have reconsidered his complex oeuvre. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This volume takes a major step in reappraising Bierstadt's contributions by reexamining the artist through a new lens. It shows how Bierstadt conveyed moral messages through his paintings, often to preserve the dignity of Native peoples and call attention to the tragic slaughter of the American bison. More broadly, the book reconsiders the artist's engagement with contemporary political and social debates surrounding wildlife conservation in America, the creation and perpetuation of national parks, and the prospects for the West's indigenous peoples. Bierstadt's final history paintings, including his dual masterworks titled \u003ci\u003eThe Last of the Buffalo\u003c\/i\u003e--a special focus of this volume--stand out as elegiac odes to an earlier era, giving voice to concerns about the intertwined fates of Native peoples and endangered wildlife, especially bison. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Along with its rich sampling of Bierstadt's diverse artwork, \u003ci\u003eAlbert Bierstadt: Witness to a Changing West\u003c\/i\u003e features informative essays by noted curators, scholars of art history, and historians of the American West. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFlores, Dan:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDan Flores\u003c\/b\u003e is retired as A. B. Hammond Professor of History at the University of Montana, Missoula. He is the author of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eVisions of the Big Sky: Painting and Photographing the Northern Rocky Mountain West\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Natural West: Environmental History in the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHassrick, Peter H.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter H. Hassrick \u003c\/b\u003eis Director Emeritus and Senior Scholar at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West. He is the author, coauthor, or editor of many publications, including \u003ci\u003eFrederic Remington: A Catalogue Raisonné II, Painted Journeys: The Art of John Mix Stanley, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eIn Contemporary Rhythm: The Art of Ernest L. Blumenschein.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEldredge, Bruce B.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eBruce B. Eldredge\u003c\/b\u003e is Executive Director of the Buffalo Bill Center of the West. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEt al...\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Oklahoma Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50620439593234,"sku":"9780806160047","price":71.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a0553278-15f6-4103-bb3f-5349c6977447.jpg?v=1732566317","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/albert-bierstadt-witness-to-a-changing-west-volume-30-9780806160047","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}