Art of the State Connecticut

by Harris, Patricia; Lyon, David

• ISBN13: 9780810955684
• ISBN10: 0810955687
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-11-01
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams

Summary

The unique charms of the Nutmeg State are celebrated in a perfect stocking stuffer for natives, tourists, & Yale grads alike.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Yankee Ingenuity	8	(4)
Stately Symbols	12	(4)
Connecticut Milestones	16	(2)
Picturing the Land	18	(6)
Exaltation of the Hills	20	(1)
Quiet Corner	21	(1)
Long Island Soundings	22	(2)
Making History	24	(8)
Explorers and Settlers	26	(2)
Rule of Law	28	(2)
Rights of All	30	(2)
Commerce and Culture	32	(12)
Wellspring of Industry	34	(2)
Arms and the Man	36	(2)
Connecticut Afloat	38	(4)
Seed Sellers	42	(2)
Public Works	44	(8)
Parks and Parkways	44	(1)
Highway Hospitality	45	(1)
In the Name of the Arts	46	(2)
Yale's Building Legacy	48	(2)
The Art of Politics	50	(2)
Private Lives	52	(10)
In Full Bloom	54	(2)
Country Chic	56	(2)
Time to Sit	58	(2)
Extreme Homes	60	(2)
Pastimes	62	(2)
The Old College Try	62	(2)
Lively and Literary Arts	64	(10)
Hartford Literati	64	(2)
Staging Ground	66	(4)
Insuring the Arts	70	(2)
Yankee Pitch	72	(2)
From Impressionism to Abstraction	74	(8)
Calder in Connecticut	78	(2)
Abstraction and Conception	80	(2)
Recent Visions	82	(4)
Only in Connecticut	86	(4)
Great People and Great Places	88	(2)
Connecticut by the Seasons	90	(2)
Where to Go	92	(3)
Credits	95