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4to-over 9¾-12" tall Scuffing to covers, otherwise good to very good. Tight, clean, no markings. Flat spine with no cracks or creasing.

4to-over 9¾-12" tall Scuffing to covers, otherwise good to very good. Tight, clean, no markings. Flat spine with no cracks or creasing.

1999-Oversized Trade Paperback. Book is in very good condition. Book has

1999-Oversized Trade Paperback. Book is in very good condition. Book has light wear on edges. NO International or Priority. Free tracking with domestic orders. MD SKU-8739991 Calif.

Since the arrival of the Spanish explorers in the sixteenth century,

Since the arrival of the Spanish explorers in the sixteenth century, California has been thought of as a land of promise and opportunity. This lavishly illustrated catalog, which is to accompany a major exhibit opening in April 1999 at Stanford's Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts and traveling subsequently to two other museums, presents a fascinating cultural history of an idyllic vision of California that still figures prominently in the American imagination. Brought together in one show for the first time, this combination of art is unique in its range from high art to popular representations. Currier and Ives lithographs and the work of early European cartographers are juxtaposed with photographs by Carleton E. Watkins, Arnold Genthe, and Eadweard Muybridge, and paintings by Albert Bierstadt, James Walker, and William Hahn, among others. With one hundred and fifty plates--sixty in full color--Pacific Arcadia illuminates the imagery of the California Dream. Perry investigates how and why this vision of a Pacific paradise was developed and marketed to the public, taking as her subject the images produced by early visitors and residents confronted by the peculiarities of California's landscape, the abundance of its natural resources, and the omnipresence of the vast Pacific. Using paintings, drawings, maps, photographs, newspaper and book illustrations, and printed ephemera dating from the seventeenth century to 1915, Pacific Arcadia examines the ways these images represented California as a place where economic bliss could be attained in a spectacular natural setting. Lavishly illustrated, this catalog presents a fascinating cultural history of an idyllic vision of California that still figures prominently in the American imagination. 60 color photos. Very nice, clean, like-new copy free of any marks.