New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture

From the Potomac to the Gulf, artists were creating in the South even before it was recognized as a region. The South has contributed to Americas cultural heritage with works as diverse as Benjamin Henry Latrobes architectural plans for the nations Capitol, the wares of the Newcomb Pottery, and Richard Clagues tonalist Louisiana bayou scenes. This comprehensive volume shows how, through the decades and centuries, the art of the South expanded from mimetic portraiture to sophisticated responses to national and international movements. The essays treat historic and current trends in the visual arts and architecture, major collections and institutions, and biographies of artists themselves. As leading experts on the regions artists and their work, editors Judith H. Bonner and Estill Curtis Pennington frame the volumes contributions with insightful overview essays on the visual arts and architecture in the American South.