Between Heaven and Hell : Union Square in the 1930s : Exhibition
Wilkes-Barre: Sordoni Art Gallery, 1996.
Trade Paperback. Very Good with no dust jacket. Item #13603
Light wear. Crisp trade paperback.; "In pursuing a plausible explanation for Dante and Virgil's visit to a working-class gathering place suddenly crowded with fashionably dressed members of the middle class, we will look into [Isabel] Bishop's personal and professional origins and review the changing conditions of the square and its immediate surroundings as they relate or fail to relate to the painting [Dante and Virgil in Union Square]. We will also compare and contrast Bishop's stage-like depiction to other examples of her Union Square work and to relevant examples by her neighborhood colleagues. Most significantly, we will consider how the painting represents her basic social beliefs, in particularly her faith in the American ideal of upward mobility." ; 63 pages.
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