Boylan Thomas Kinkade

The Artist in the Mall
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-8223-9339-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 302 Seiten

A collection of essays exploring Thomas Kinkades career, his artistic production, and its impact on contemporary art as part of the broader history of American visual culture.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Boylan, Alexis L.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Morgan, David

McElya, Micki

Feman, Seth

Marling, Karal Ann

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Populärkultur
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Freizeitsoziologie, Konsumsoziologie, Alltagssoziologie, Populärkultur
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein Einzelne Künstler: Biographien, Monografien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Illustrations vii

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction / Alexis L. Boylan 1

Thomas Kinkade and the History of Protestant Visual Culture in America / David Morgan 29

Painter of the Right: Thomas Kinkade's Political Art / Micki McElya 54

God in the Retails: Thomas Kinkade and Market Piety / Seth Feman 81

Brand-Name Living from the Painter of Light / Karal Ann Marling 107

Purchasing Paradise: Nostalgic Longing and the Painter of Light / Andrea Wolk Rager 124

Repetition, Exclusion, and the Urbanism of Nostalgia: The Architecture of Thomas Kinkade / Christopher E. M. Pearson 143

"A Temple Next Door": The Thomas Kinkade Museum and Cultural Center / Julia Alderson 165

Thomas Kinkade's Heaven on Earth / Jeffrey Vallance 191

Manufacturing "Masterpieces" for the Market: Thomas Kinkade and the Rhetoric of High Art / Monica Kjellman-Chapin 206

Art Ethics: Thomas Kinkade and Contemporary Art / Anna Brzyski 238

Bibliography 259

Contributors 275

Index 277

Über Autor(innen)

Alexis L. Boylan is Assistant Professor in Residence in the Art and Art History Department and Women’s Studies Program at the University of Connecticut.