Rufus Porter's Curious World: Art and Invention in America, 1815-1860

Rufus Porter's Curious World: Art and Invention in America, 1815-1860
Laura Fecych Sprague, Justin Wolff
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Hardback
h254 x 279mm - 152pg
4 Nov 2019 US
9780271084954
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Once called the "Yankee Da Vinci," Rufus Porter was an itinerant portrait painter and muralist, a publisher and author, an inventor of mechanical improvements, and an impresario who engineered an airship that promised to fly gold rush prospectors from New York to California in three days.Through his diverse interests in painting, mechanics, aeronautics, and publishing, Rufus Porter helped transform art and science in early America-not unlike his more famous peers, Samuel F. B. Morse and Robert Fulton. This nuanced picture of Porter restores him to the pantheon of great American artist-inventors and corrects common misconceptions about his life and work.Meticulous and contemplative, this study presents a moving portrait of an American legend-a remarkable, but unlucky, man who worked across multiple disciplines to envision an interconnected nation.
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ISBN-13: 9780271084954
Published: 4 Nov 2019
Published In: United States
Imprint: Pennsylvania State University Press
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Format: Hardback
Height: 254mm
Width: 279mm
Pages: 152

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