David P Peeler
Biographic Data
| ID | 681627 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David P Peeler |
| GIVEN NAMES | David P |
| FAMILY NAME | Peeler |
| SIGNATURE | PEELER D P |
| AFFILIATIONS | United States Naval Academy |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Illuminating Mind in American Photography
Journal Article The Illuminating Mind in American Photography: Stieglitz, Strand, Weston, Adams Get access The Illuminating Mind in American Photography: Stieglitz, Strand, Weston, Adams. By Peeler David P.. (Rochester: University of Rochester Press, 2001. xiv, 353 pp. $75.00, isbn158046-059-3.) McEuen Melissa A. McEuen Melissa A. Transylvania UniversityLexington, Kentucky Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar J…
Ansel Adams, a Legacy
“Ansel Adams, a Legacy: Masterworks from the Friends of Photography Collection.” Friends of Photography, 250 Fourth St., San Francisco, CA 94103 David P. Peeler David P. Peeler United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 85, Issue 3, December 1998, Pages 1029–1033, https://doi.org/10.2307/2567223 Published: 01 December 1998
Mathew Brady's Portraits
“Mathew Brady's Portraits: Images as History, Photography as Art.” National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, F St. at 8th N.W., Washington, DC 20560 Get access David P. Peeler David P. Peeler United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 85, Issue 1, June 1998, Pages 170–173, https://doi.org/10.2307/2568438 Published: 01 June …
Alfred Stieglitz
Alfred Stieglitz was hardly alone in bringing a charged eroticism to his art. Virility and domination were significant themes throughout early twentieth-century vanguard art, and Stieglitz's photographs echo the images of painters such as Matisse or the Fauves, who also depicted faceless nudes with well-delineated breasts or buttocks.1 Other American photographers created in a similar mode, and Edward Weston, for instance, possessed an aesthetic …
Almost Chosen People
Few historians are bold enough to go after America's sacred cows in their very own pastures. But Michael Zuckerman is no ordinary historian, and this collection of his essays is no ordinary book. In his effort to remake the meaning of the American tradition, Zuckerman takes the entire sweep of American history for his province. The essays in this collection, including two never before published and a new autobiographical introduction, range from …
Again, the Thirties
Power, autonomy and Weston's imagery
Edward Weston (1886–1958) was a photographer, not a philosopher. But Weston had his metaphysical moments, engaging in some heady speculation about the world he photographed. He believed that reality had two distinct dimensions to it, one that was merely physical and perceived by the senses, and a higher, transcendental one that the mind alone understood. This was hardly an original position, and Weston drew heavily from philosophers who had prece…
Deconstructing American Photographs
Hope among us Yet
Hope among Us Yet
American Parties
John J. Duffy and H. Nicholas Muller, III. An Anxious Democracy: Aspects of the 1830s. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1982.172 + xiii pp. David G. Pugh. Sons of Liberty: The Masculine Mind in Nineteenth-Century America. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1983.186 + xxii pp. J.C.A. Stagg. Mr. Madison's War: Politics, Diplomacy and Warfare in the Early Republic, 1783-1830. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1983. 538 + xviii pp. William Prest…
American Parties
John J. Duffy and H. Nicholas Muller, III. An Anxious Democracy: Aspects of the 1830s. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1982.172 + xiii pp. David G. Pugh. Sons of Liberty: The Masculine Mind in Nineteenth-Century America. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1983.186 + xxii pp. J.C.A. Stagg. Mr. Madison's War: Politics, Diplomacy and Warfare in the Early Republic, 1783-1830. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1983. 538 + xviii pp. William Prest…
Hope among us Yet
Hope among Us Yet
Deconstructing American Photographs
Power, autonomy and Weston's imagery
Edward Weston (1886–1958) was a photographer, not a philosopher. But Weston had his metaphysical moments, engaging in some heady speculation about the world he photographed. He believed that reality had two distinct dimensions to it, one that was merely physical and perceived by the senses, and a higher, transcendental one that the mind alone understood. This was hardly an original position, and Weston drew heavily from philosophers who had prece…
Again, the Thirties
Almost Chosen People
Few historians are bold enough to go after America's sacred cows in their very own pastures. But Michael Zuckerman is no ordinary historian, and this collection of his essays is no ordinary book. In his effort to remake the meaning of the American tradition, Zuckerman takes the entire sweep of American history for his province. The essays in this collection, including two never before published and a new autobiographical introduction, range from …
Alfred Stieglitz
Alfred Stieglitz was hardly alone in bringing a charged eroticism to his art. Virility and domination were significant themes throughout early twentieth-century vanguard art, and Stieglitz's photographs echo the images of painters such as Matisse or the Fauves, who also depicted faceless nudes with well-delineated breasts or buttocks.1 Other American photographers created in a similar mode, and Edward Weston, for instance, possessed an aesthetic …
Ansel Adams, a Legacy
“Ansel Adams, a Legacy: Masterworks from the Friends of Photography Collection.” Friends of Photography, 250 Fourth St., San Francisco, CA 94103 David P. Peeler David P. Peeler United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 85, Issue 3, December 1998, Pages 1029–1033, https://doi.org/10.2307/2567223 Published: 01 December 1998
Mathew Brady's Portraits
“Mathew Brady's Portraits: Images as History, Photography as Art.” National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, F St. at 8th N.W., Washington, DC 20560 Get access David P. Peeler David P. Peeler United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 85, Issue 1, June 1998, Pages 170–173, https://doi.org/10.2307/2568438 Published: 01 June …
The Illuminating Mind in American Photography
Journal Article The Illuminating Mind in American Photography: Stieglitz, Strand, Weston, Adams Get access The Illuminating Mind in American Photography: Stieglitz, Strand, Weston, Adams. By Peeler David P.. (Rochester: University of Rochester Press, 2001. xiv, 353 pp. $75.00, isbn158046-059-3.) McEuen Melissa A. McEuen Melissa A. Transylvania UniversityLexington, Kentucky Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar J…
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