The Art of Football: The Early Game in the Golden Age of Illustration PDF
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The Early Game in the Golden Age of Illustration Michael Oriard Includes Edward Penfield, J. C. Leyendecker, Frederic Remington, Charles Dana Gibson, George Bellows, and Many Others University of Nebraska Press | Lincoln & London © 2017 by the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska All rights reserved Manufactured in China Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data Names: Oriard, Michael, 1948– , author. Title: The art of football: the early game in the golden age of illustration / Michael Oriard; includes Edward Penfield, J. C. Leyendecker, Frederic Remington, Charles Dana Gibson, George Bellows, and Many Others. Description: Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, [2017] | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: lccn 2016044859 isbn 9780803290693 (cloth: alk. paper) Subjects: lcsh: Football in art. | Football— United States— History— 19th century. | Football— United States— History— 19th century— Pictorial works. | Art, American—Th emes, motives. Classification: lcc n8217.f665 o75 2017 | ddc 704.9/49796332— dc23 lc record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016044859 Designed and set in Arno Pro by L. Auten. For Colin, Kelly, and Aidan, and Alan and Bree Contents List of Plates ix List of Figures xviii Introduction xxi 1 Harper’s Weekly and the Beginnings of American Football Art 1 2 The Gibson Girl, the Yellow Kid, and the Art of the Football Cartoon 53 3 Edward Penfield, J. C. Leyendecker, and Football Poster Art 101 4 Howard Giles, George Bellows, and the Illustrated Football Story 165 Notes 213 Bibliography 229 Index 237 Illustrations Plates 1. Winslow Homer, The Match Between Sophs and Freshmen— The Opening xxviii 2. Camp Johnson, Near Winchester, Virginia, from Harper’s Weekly, August 31, 1861 xxx 3. Winslow Homer, Holiday in Camp— Soldiers Playing “Foot- Ball” xxxi 4. J. Davidson, A Game of Foot- Ball xxxii 5. A. B. Frost, Foot- ball Match Between Yale and Princeton, November 27 xxxiii 6. A. B Frost, A Game of Foot- Ball— A “Scrummage,” at the Close xxxiv 7. C. Upham, Great Game of Football Between Players of Yale and Princeton Colleges xxxv
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