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- catalog abstract ""The Illuminating Mind in American Photography looks at the ideas, images and lives of four major twentieth century American photographers: Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946), Paul Strand (1890-1976), Edward Weston (1886-1958), and Ansel Adams (1902-1984). The Illuminating Mind unearths archival manuscripts and forgotten publications, and reveals unrecognized psychological intricacies to these men as they progressed through their careers. It is a kind of comparative biography, showing the interrelationships of their lives as well as their shared themes and experiences."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12137877.
- catalog created "2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2001.".
- catalog description ""The Illuminating Mind in American Photography looks at the ideas, images and lives of four major twentieth century American photographers: Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946), Paul Strand (1890-1976), Edward Weston (1886-1958), and Ansel Adams (1902-1984). The Illuminating Mind unearths archival manuscripts and forgotten publications, and reveals unrecognized psychological intricacies to these men as they progressed through their careers. It is a kind of comparative biography, showing the interrelationships of their lives as well as their shared themes and experiences."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "1 1. Introduction : four lives and the illuminating mind -- pt. 1. Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946) -- 2. Photography calling -- 3. Modern dawn -- 4. Master days -- 5. Rhinoceros -- pt. 2. Paul Strand (1890-1976) -- 6. Early years -- 7. Materialism -- 8. Narrative's lure -- 9. Never despair -- pt. 3. Edward Weston (1886-1958) -- 10. Gestating modernist -- 11. Touching the Mexican earth -- 12. Scrutiny : appetite, subject, and the mind -- 13. Epic reach : the years of travel -- 14. Life and art : endings -- pt. 4. Ansel Adams (1902-1984) -- 15. Hard rock transcendentalist -- 16. Art therapy -- 17. Nation's nature -- 18. Posthumous existence -- 19. Conclusion : perpetual elation.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 353 p. :".
- catalog identifier "1580460593 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "770/.92/273 B 21".
- catalog subject "Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984.".
- catalog subject "Photographers United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "Photographers United States.".
- catalog subject "Stieglitz, Alfred, 1864-1946.".
- catalog subject "Strand, Paul, 1890-1976.".
- catalog subject "TR139 .P44 2001".
- catalog subject "Weston, Edward, 1886-1958.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1 1. Introduction : four lives and the illuminating mind -- pt. 1. Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946) -- 2. Photography calling -- 3. Modern dawn -- 4. Master days -- 5. Rhinoceros -- pt. 2. Paul Strand (1890-1976) -- 6. Early years -- 7. Materialism -- 8. Narrative's lure -- 9. Never despair -- pt. 3. Edward Weston (1886-1958) -- 10. Gestating modernist -- 11. Touching the Mexican earth -- 12. Scrutiny : appetite, subject, and the mind -- 13. Epic reach : the years of travel -- 14. Life and art : endings -- pt. 4. Ansel Adams (1902-1984) -- 15. Hard rock transcendentalist -- 16. Art therapy -- 17. Nation's nature -- 18. Posthumous existence -- 19. Conclusion : perpetual elation.".
- catalog title "The illuminating mind in American photography : Stieglitz, Strand, Weston, Adams / David P. Peeler.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".