Shipwreck! Winslow Homer and "The Life Line"
Kathleen A. Foster • Yale University Press • ISBN-13 978‑0300185478
Shipwreck! Winslow Homer and "The Life Line"
Kathleen A. Foster • Yale University Press
ISBN-10: 0300185472 · ISBN-13: 978‑0300185478 · 2012
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This monograph examines Winslow Homer’s 1884 masterpiece, The Life Line, detailing its pivotal role in cementing the artist's reputation as a preeminent American realist. Kathleen A. Foster provides a rigorous technical and historical analysis of the painting, exploring how Homer’s dramatic depiction of a high-seas rescue reflects the evolving intersection of industrial technology, Victorian social values, and the artist's own transition toward maritime subjects.
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