Celebrating Florida
Subtitle: Works of Art from the Vickers Collection (Florida Sesquicentennial)
Edition: 2nd Ed edition
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: September 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9780813014777
Subjects: Cultural studies; Drawing & drawings; Local history; Museum, historic sites, gallery & art guides; Painting & paintings; Prints & printmaking; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; Florida in art; Exhibition Catalogs; Subjects & Themes - General; History; Art & Art Instruction; Painting; History: World; USA; Individual Artist; Clip Art; Private collections; United States - State & Local - General; Vickers, Sam; Art collections; Exhibitions; Florida; Painting, American
Description: Celebrating Florida: Works of Art from the Vickers Collection illustrates in full color a generous selection of paintings and works on paper by some of the world's most significant artists who came to Florida from 1823 to 1950 to capture the "Sunshine State." Of particular interest to students of Florida history are two essays by noted historians Wendell Garrett and Erik Robinson, who discuss the "creation of Florida" and its birth as a state in 1845.

Essays on each artist present an aesthetic, historical, social, and cultural overview - designed to clarify the significance of the works of art presented in this first-ever collection of Florida-based art. Essays on each artist with bibliographies by Henry Adams, Gary R. Libby, James Murphy, Erik Robinson, and David Swoyer help to explain the significance of individual works and their place in Florida's history and artistic record.

Celebrating Florida: Works of Art from the Vickers Collection offers the most comprehensive study of Florida art currently available. It also serves as the catalog for a traveling exhibition curated at the Museum of Arts and Sciences in Daytona Beach, Florida, in honor of Florida's Sesquicentennial.