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020 $a9781588346056 (hbk.) :$cNT$1398
040 $aTWTNM$beng$dTWTNM
050 00$aN8219.L2$bS94 2017
050 0$aN8219.L2$bS94 2017
082 04$a704.949331$222
245 04$aThe sweat of their face :$bportraying American workers /$cDavid C. Ward and Dorothy Moss ; with an essay by John Fagg.
246 3 $aPortraying American workers.
260 $aWashington, DC :$bSmithsonian Books,$c[2017].
300 $a223 p. :$bill. (some color) ;$c29 cm.
500 $aIn association with the National Portrait Gallery.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00$gForeword /$rKim Sajet,$gdirector, National Portrait Gallery --$gIntroduction /$rDavid C. Ward --$tThe face of labor: portraying the American worker /$rDavid C. Ward --$tUnit and gross: picturing individual workers and collective labor /$rJohn Fagg --$tThe worker in the art museum /$rDorothy Moss --$gCatalogue.
520 $aExplores the visual history of American labor through portraiture by major American artists--Provided by publisher.
520 $aWork always has been a central construct in the United States, influencing how Americans measure their lives and assess their contribution to the wider society. Work also has been valued as the key element in the philosophy of self-improvement and social mobility that undergird the American value system. Yet work can also be something imposed upon people: it can be exploitative, painful, and hard. This duality is etched into the faces of the people depicted in the portraits showcased in The Sweat of Their Face: Portraying American Workers. This companion volume to an exhibition at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery examines working-class subjects as they appear in artworks by artists including Winslow Homer, Elizabeth Catlett, Danny Lyon, and Shauna Frischkorn. This richly illustrated book charts the rise and fall of labor from the empowered artisan of the eighteenth century through industrialization and the current American business climate, in which industrial jobs have all but disappeared. It also traces the history of work itself through its impact on the men and women whose laboring bodies are depicted. The Sweat of Their Face is a powerful visual exploration ofthe inextricable ties between American labor and society.--Amazon.
550 $aWorldShare provided record.
650 0$aWorking class in art$vExhibitions.
650 0$aWorking class$zUnited States$vPortraits$vExhibitions.
650 0$aArt, American$xThemes, motives$vExhibitions.
700 1 $aMoss, Dorothy.$tWorker in the art museum.
700 1 $aFagg, John,$d1977-$tUnit and gross.
700 1 $aWard, David C.,$d1952-$tFace of labor.