{"product_id":"faces-from-the-interior-the-north-american-portraits-of-karl-bodmer-9781735441641","title":"Faces from the Interior: The North American Portraits of Karl Bodmer","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eA fascinating visual record of nineteenth-century Indigenous communities in the American West\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eIn the early nineteenth century, Prince Maximilian of Wied traveled the Missouri River to uncover what he called \"the natural face of North America\"--its landscapes, flora and fauna, and Native inhabitants. Among his small party was artist Karl Bodmer (1809-1893), who would prove to be one of the most accomplished and prolific artists to visit the American frontier. Bodmer and Maximilian traveled more than 2,500 miles together, spending time among the Mandan, Hidatsa, Omaha, Otoe, Pawnee, Yankton, Santee Sioux, Assiniboines, Plains Cree, Blackfeet, Piegans, Bloods, and Gros Ventre. Bodmer's watercolors of the people he met remain among the most compelling visual accounts of the American West, an invaluable record of the Missouri River's Indigenous communities. The first publication to focus on Bodmer as a portraitist, \u003ci\u003eFaces from the Interior\u003c\/i\u003e includes essays examining his artistic practice, the international dissemination of his images, and the ongoing significance of his work to Indigenous communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eToby Jurovics\u003c\/b\u003e is former chief curator and Richard and Mary Holland Curator of American Western Art at Joslyn Art Museum. \u003cb\u003eScott Manning Stevens\u003c\/b\u003e (Akwesasne Mohawk Nation) is director of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Program at Syracuse University.\u003cb\u003e Lisa Strong\u003c\/b\u003e is director of the art and museum studies master's program at Georgetown University. \u003cb\u003eKristine K. Ronan\u003c\/b\u003e is visiting assistant professor in American art at Texas Christian University. \u003cb\u003eAnnika K. Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e is associate curator of Native American art at Joslyn Art Museum.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Washington Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50444689277202,"sku":"9781735441641","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e60019d5-b287-4b15-bf55-744e3119c190.jpg?v=1729686944","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/faces-from-the-interior-the-north-american-portraits-of-karl-bodmer-9781735441641","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}