Michael Leja
University of Pennsylvania, History of Art, Faculty Member
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1. Art Hist. 1985;8(1):66-81. "Le vieux marcheur" and "Les deux risques": Picasso, prostitution, venereal disease, and maternity, 1899-1907. Leja M. PMID: 11616640 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]. Publication Types:... more
1. Art Hist. 1985;8(1):66-81. "Le vieux marcheur" and "Les deux risques": Picasso, prostitution, venereal disease, and maternity, 1899-1907. Leja M. PMID: 11616640 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]. Publication Types: Biography; ...
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... 2. Art, American. ... I am grateful for the opportu-nities offered by periods as a postdoctoral visit-ing fellow at the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, and as a Hagley Fellow at the Hagley... more
... 2. Art, American. ... I am grateful for the opportu-nities offered by periods as a postdoctoral visit-ing fellow at the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, and as a Hagley Fellow at the Hagley Museum and Library, Wilmington, Delaware. ...
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"informative" one)? We are given two insights into the criteria that determined this selection. One is that range of opinion and inter-pretation is desired. The editors state that by their tabulation less than 10 percent of the... more
"informative" one)? We are given two insights into the criteria that determined this selection. One is that range of opinion and inter-pretation is desired. The editors state that by their tabulation less than 10 percent of the critical itera-ture on Abstract Expressionism is negative. They ...
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One thing learned from a century and a half of mass culture is that its effects are complex and contradictory. Cultural homogenization has been real, but it has not brought reduction of cultural hierarchy, division and difference. Mass... more
One thing learned from a century and a half of mass culture is that its effects are complex and contradictory. Cultural homogenization has been real, but it has not brought reduction of cultural hierarchy, division and difference. Mass culture has in fact distinguished itself as consummately capable of merging these opposing tendencies into the very fabric of society and culture. This article examines case studies that feature crossover viewing situations: mass audience encounters with progressive art at the Armory Show in New York in 1913 and, conversely, elite audience experiences of lower-class attractions in dime museums and the Bowery in the later nineteenth century. The comparison strives to elucidate mass culture's dialectic of homogenization and differentiation.
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Like much abstract art, Barnett Newman's paintings have often been in-terpreted as significantly gendered. His case is also typical insofar as the interpretive processes by which gender has been located in his work ordi-narily have... more
Like much abstract art, Barnett Newman's paintings have often been in-terpreted as significantly gendered. His case is also typical insofar as the interpretive processes by which gender has been located in his work ordi-narily have been primitive. Masculinity is situated in the " ...
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Two artists working in New York in the 1840s formed a partnership that remade print portraiture for a mass audience. One, Edward Anthony, was a daguerreotyp-ist and photographic entrepreneur; the other, Thomas Doney, was an engraver... more
Two artists working in New York in the 1840s formed a partnership that remade print portraiture for a mass audience. One, Edward Anthony, was a daguerreotyp-ist and photographic entrepreneur; the other, Thomas Doney, was an engraver specializing in mezzotints. A good example of their collaboration portrays former president Andrew Jackson as he looked just two months before he died in 1845.
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Published with assistance from the Mary Cady Tew Memorial Fund. Copyright © 1993 by Yale University. All rights reserved. This book may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, including illustrations, in any form (beyond that copying... more
Published with assistance from the Mary Cady Tew Memorial Fund. Copyright © 1993 by Yale University. All rights reserved. This book may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, including illustrations, in any form (beyond that copying permitted by Sections 107 and 108 of the ...
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V isual images and their viewers engage in process-es of reciprocal definition. Viewers "constitute" images, assigning them salient features and meanings, while images "interpellate" viewing subjects, offering them... more
V isual images and their viewers engage in process-es of reciprocal definition. Viewers "constitute" images, assigning them salient features and meanings, while images "interpellate" viewing subjects, offering them viewing positions and identifications. The ...
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... Chapter 24. Peirce's Visuality and the Semiotics of Art. Paul Smith,; Carolyn Wilde. Michael Leja. ... Keywords: visuality; semiotics; art; epistemology; metaphysics. Get PDF (282K). More content like this. Find more content:... more
... Chapter 24. Peirce's Visuality and the Semiotics of Art. Paul Smith,; Carolyn Wilde. Michael Leja. ... Keywords: visuality; semiotics; art; epistemology; metaphysics. Get PDF (282K). More content like this. Find more content: like this article. Find more content written by: Michael Leja. ...
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Thomas Eakins first came to public attention in the mid-1870s as a painter of water-sport subjects. In these early oils and watercolors, bird hunters quietly pole their boats through marshes or set out from shore under sail, and oars-men... more
Thomas Eakins first came to public attention in the mid-1870s as a painter of water-sport subjects. In these early oils and watercolors, bird hunters quietly pole their boats through marshes or set out from shore under sail, and oars-men slice through the reflective waters of ...
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University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles. California University of California Press. Ltd. London, England First paperback printing20o6 ©2004 by the Regents of the University of California Library of Congress... more
University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles. California University of California Press. Ltd. London, England First paperback printing20o6 ©2004 by the Regents of the University of California Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Leja. Michael. 1951 - ...
Research Interests: Art, Painting, Politics, Modernity, Skepticism, and 3 moreHistory of the American West, Public Life, and Hoax
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The visuality of Peirce's semiotics by which I mean the character of the reflection on images and the uses made of them is the subject of this paper. Peirce himself would probably have agreed with the idea that his semiotics was... more
The visuality of Peirce's semiotics by which I mean the character of the reflection on images and the uses made of them is the subject of this paper. Peirce himself would probably have agreed with the idea that his semiotics was fundamentally visual, and he would have meant by ...
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TF-or decades the Northwestern University Department of Art History offered a one-year, three-part intro-ductory survey. (Northwestern operates on a trimester system.) The decisiveness of its title, "Introduction to the History of... more
TF-or decades the Northwestern University Department of Art History offered a one-year, three-part intro-ductory survey. (Northwestern operates on a trimester system.) The decisiveness of its title, "Introduction to the History of Art," concealed the course's motley nature. It was ...
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The "inspiring story of Nature's beneficence and Man's progress" was the central narrative of the classicizing world's fairs that flourished in the United States between 1893 and 1915. 1 These spectacles were a... more
The "inspiring story of Nature's beneficence and Man's progress" was the central narrative of the classicizing world's fairs that flourished in the United States between 1893 and 1915. 1 These spectacles were a nearly constant presence on the national cultural landscape during this ...
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TF-or decades the Northwestern University Department of Art History offered a one-year, three-part intro-ductory survey. (Northwestern operates on a trimester system.) The decisiveness of its title, "Introduction to the History of... more
TF-or decades the Northwestern University Department of Art History offered a one-year, three-part intro-ductory survey. (Northwestern operates on a trimester system.) The decisiveness of its title, "Introduction to the History of Art," concealed the course's motley nature. It was ...
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This project is co-directed by Vimalin Rujivacharakul (Department of Art History, University of Delaware) and J.Ritchie Garrison (Winterthur Program in American Material Culture, University of Delaware). The following videos are from the... more
This project is co-directed by Vimalin Rujivacharakul (Department of Art History, University of Delaware) and J.Ritchie Garrison (Winterthur Program in American Material Culture, University of Delaware). The following videos are from the events taken place at Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library, October 12-14, 2018. (https://sites.udel.edu/globalaestheticasiaamerica/) How do design ideas, patterns, and aesthetics travel across the globe, even when objects themselves do not? This project’s question grew out of a string of provocative inquiries that emerged following exhibitions and recent projects that our alumni and faculty members of the University of Delaware have worked on over the past 10 years (Collecting China [UD-Winterthur, DE], Asia in Amsterdam [PEM, MA], Made for the Americas [MFA Boston, MA], among others). While existing scholarship has recognized the global circulation of objects, artistic forms in the American field sometimes have less to do with the mobility of act...
A history of "the image" should force a convergence of three fundamental human activities: seeing, thinking, and depicting. Images have long been understood to be the currency of all three, so a comprehensive history would have... more
A history of "the image" should force a convergence of three fundamental human activities: seeing, thinking, and depicting. Images have long been understood to be the currency of all three, so a comprehensive history would have to venture into many of the disciplines that bear on these activities. This article is something much more limited: a collection of significant episodes that indicate something of the range a full history of the image would require. It seeks also to demonstrate that particularized concepts of the image are invaluable for correlating models of seeing, thinking, and picturing in specific times and places.
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University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles. California University of California Press. Ltd. London, England First paperback printing20o6 ©2004 by the Regents of the University of California Library of Congress... more
University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles. California University of California Press. Ltd. London, England First paperback printing20o6 ©2004 by the Regents of the University of California Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Leja. Michael. 1951 - ...
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... James Roundell; William Rubin; Dennis Russo; Gary Ruuska; Elizabeth Sackfer Sabme Sandquist; Jinichi Sasaki; Marjone Saul: Susan Scott; Katharina Schmidt Barbara S. Shapiro; Tetsuji Shibayama: Kenneth Silver; Mrs. Sylvia Slifka; Mary... more
... James Roundell; William Rubin; Dennis Russo; Gary Ruuska; Elizabeth Sackfer Sabme Sandquist; Jinichi Sasaki; Marjone Saul: Susan Scott; Katharina Schmidt Barbara S. Shapiro; Tetsuji Shibayama: Kenneth Silver; Mrs. Sylvia Slifka; Mary Sluskonis; David Solkin; Richard ...
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Published with assistance from the Mary Cady Tew Memorial Fund. Copyright © 1993 by Yale University. All rights reserved. This book may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, including illustrations, in any form (beyond that copying... more
Published with assistance from the Mary Cady Tew Memorial Fund. Copyright © 1993 by Yale University. All rights reserved. This book may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, including illustrations, in any form (beyond that copying permitted by Sections 107 and 108 of the ...
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"informative" one)? We are given two insights into the criteria that determined this selection. One is that range of opinion and inter-pretation is desired. The editors state that by their tabulation less than 10 percent of the... more
"informative" one)? We are given two insights into the criteria that determined this selection. One is that range of opinion and inter-pretation is desired. The editors state that by their tabulation less than 10 percent of the critical itera-ture on Abstract Expressionism is negative. They ...
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Daniel Belgrad teaches American Studies at the University of South Florida. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 60637 The University of Chicago Press, Ltd., London © 1998 by The University of Chicago All rights reserved. Published... more
Daniel Belgrad teaches American Studies at the University of South Florida. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 60637 The University of Chicago Press, Ltd., London © 1998 by The University of Chicago All rights reserved. Published 1998 Printed in the United States of ...
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... and Modernism 93 4 The Garden in the Machine 137 Part Two: Modernization and National Dissensus: Imagery of Reality in the 1930s 5 The Shaping of Seeing: Outrageous Fortune 159 6 The Resistant Other: Diego Rivera in Detroit 199 7... more
... and Modernism 93 4 The Garden in the Machine 137 Part Two: Modernization and National Dissensus: Imagery of Reality in the 1930s 5 The Shaping of Seeing: Outrageous Fortune 159 6 The Resistant Other: Diego Rivera in Detroit 199 7 Frida Kahlo: Marginality and ...