| A Summer of Birds: John James Audubon at Oakley House Contributor(s): Heitman, Danny (Author) |
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ISBN: 0807172936 ISBN-13: 9780807172933 Publisher: LSU Press OUR PRICE: $19.76 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Artists, Architects, Photographers - Nature | Birdwatching Guides - History | United States - State & Local - General |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2019041544 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.7" W x 8.4" (0.40 lbs) 152 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Over the summer of 1821, a cash-strapped John James Audubon worked as a tutor at Oakley Plantation in Louisiana's rural West Feliciana Parish. This move initiated a profound change in direction for the struggling artist. Oakley's woods teemed with life, galvanizing Audubon to undertake one of the most extraordinary endeavors in the annals of art: a comprehensive pictorial record of America's birds. That summer, Audubon began what would eventually become his four-volume opus, Birds of America. In A Summer of Birds, Danny Heitman recounts the season that shaped Audubon's destiny, sorting facts from romance to give an intimate view of the world's most famous bird artist. A new preface marks the two--hundredth anniversary of that eventful interlude, reflecting on Audubon's enduring legacy among artists, aesthetes, and nature lovers in Louisiana and around the world. |