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Title: Art in California : a survey of American art with special reference to Californian painting, sculpture and architecture past and present, particularly as those arts were represented at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition : being essays and articles by the following contributors
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Porter, Bruce
Subjects: Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco, Calif.) Art, American Art
Publisher: San Francisco : R.L. Bernier
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Getty Research Institute

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f the forest,let flu their arrows. The whole scene glows in the ruddy sunlight of lateafternoon. The flight of the arrows and the flying birds emphasize thethought of the sustaining air Plate No. 2M EARTH—DANCING THE GRAPES 7?;/ Frank Rrancwyn Under the generous vine, purple and green against a lustrous bine, theworkers gather the great clusters and pass them down to those below.These trample out the rich juice in the great stone oat Plate No. 291 EARTH—THE FRUIT PICKERS By Frank Rrangwvn In litis group so wonderfully composed is the very spirit of the earthsabundance. The fruit pickers on high ladders, those bending low abovethe fertile earth, or bearing the burdens of overflowing baskets, are allaglow with strength and health and the warm light of plentitude Plate No. 292 FIRE—PRIMITIVE FIRE Jiy Frank Brangwyn In the bite of an early autumn day, the workers gather for warmthabout their goodly servant, a fire. See how alive and true the thin flamemounts in the air Pinto No. 293
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FIRE—INDUSTRIAL FIRE By Frank Brangwyn About the kiln, the workers employ fire for industrial service. You cansee the gases coming from the baking clay, in the metallic colors of therising cloud of smoke. Study its contrast with the sky clouds behind it, toappreciate this artists mastery Plate No. 204

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