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- catalog abstract ""In this illustrated biography of silversmith and graphic artist William Spratling (1900-1967), Taylor D. Littleton reintroduces one of the most fascinating American expatriates of the early twentieth century. Best known for his revolutionary silver designs. Spratling influenced an entire generation of Mexican and American silversmiths and transformed the tiny village of Taxco into the "Florence of Mexico." Littleton widens the context of Spratling's popular reputation by examining the formative periods in his life and art that preceded his brilliant entrepreneurial experiment in the Las Delicias workshop in Taxco, which left a permanent mark on Mexico's artistic orientation and economic life." "Spratling made a fortune manufacturing and designing silver, but his true life's work was to conserve, redeem, and interpret the ancient culture of his adopted country. He explained for North American audiences the paintings of Mexico's modern masters and earned distinction as a learned and early collector of pre-Columbian art. Spratling and his workshop gradually became a visible and culturally attractive link between a steady stream of notable American visitors and the country they wanted to see and experience."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "William Spratling, his life and art".
- catalog contributor b11746484.
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description ""In this illustrated biography of silversmith and graphic artist William Spratling (1900-1967), Taylor D. Littleton reintroduces one of the most fascinating American expatriates of the early twentieth century. Best known for his revolutionary silver designs. Spratling influenced an entire generation of Mexican and American silversmiths and transformed the tiny village of Taxco into the "Florence of Mexico." Littleton widens the context of Spratling's popular reputation by examining the formative periods in his life and art that preceded his brilliant entrepreneurial experiment in the Las Delicias workshop in Taxco, which left a permanent mark on Mexico's artistic orientation and economic life." "Spratling made a fortune manufacturing and designing silver, but his true life's work was to conserve, redeem, and interpret the ancient culture of his adopted country. He explained for North American audiences the paintings of Mexico's modern masters and earned distinction as a learned and early collector of pre-Columbian art. Spratling and his workshop gradually became a visible and culturally attractive link between a steady stream of notable American visitors and the country they wanted to see and experience."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Alabama -- New Orleans, 1922-1925: New Friends, First Publications, and Travels with Faulkner -- New Orleans, 1926-1928: Antebellum Sketching and "A Mirror of Our Scene" -- Un Viajero Alucinado: An Enchanted Traveler in Mexico -- "Passionate Hieroglyphics" and the Move to Taxco -- Hard Times in the Silver City of the Clouds -- New Designs from an Old Tradition: Verbal Preludes -- "A Mexican Style of Our Times" -- "Tell Them I'll Be There" -- "Capitalization of a Personal Act" -- "A Man as Free as the Wind": The Last Years at Taxco-el-Viejo.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-314) and index.".
- catalog extent "xviii, 322 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0807125334 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Southern biography series".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Mexico Taxco de Alarcón".
- catalog spatial "Mexico".
- catalog subject "739.2/372 21".
- catalog subject "Decoration and ornament Mexico Taxco de Alarcón Art deco.".
- catalog subject "NK7198.S67 L58 2000".
- catalog subject "Silversmiths Mexico Taxco de Alarcón Biography.".
- catalog subject "Silverwork Mexico History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Spratling, William, 1900-1967.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Alabama -- New Orleans, 1922-1925: New Friends, First Publications, and Travels with Faulkner -- New Orleans, 1926-1928: Antebellum Sketching and "A Mirror of Our Scene" -- Un Viajero Alucinado: An Enchanted Traveler in Mexico -- "Passionate Hieroglyphics" and the Move to Taxco -- Hard Times in the Silver City of the Clouds -- New Designs from an Old Tradition: Verbal Preludes -- "A Mexican Style of Our Times" -- "Tell Them I'll Be There" -- "Capitalization of a Personal Act" -- "A Man as Free as the Wind": The Last Years at Taxco-el-Viejo.".
- catalog title "The color of silver : William Spratling, his life and art / Taylor D. Littleton.".
- catalog title "William Spratling, his life and art".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".