| FB-51843-05 | Research Programs: Fellowships for College Teachers and Independent Scholars | Kirsten Ann Hoving | The American Artist Joseph Cornell (1903-1972) and Astronomy | 7/1/2005 - 2/28/2006 | $24,000.00 | Kirsten | Ann | Hoving | | | | President and Fellows of Middlebury College | Middlebury | VT | 05753-6004 | USA | 2004 | Art History and Criticism | Fellowships for College Teachers and Independent Scholars | Research Programs | 24000 | 0 | 24000 | 0 |
The American artist Joseph Cornell (1903-72) is widely recognized as one of the most important twentieth-century masters of collage. Known for his shallow boxes filled with text, pictures, and small objects, Cornell combined factual information with imaginary elements to produce works devoted to such themes as movie stars, butterflies, and nineteenth-century French literature. The majority of his oeuvre, however, concerned astronomy, with over a hundred boxes devoted to aspects of the planets and the stars. I am proposing a book-length study on the role of astronomy in Cornell's work, a topic that has not yet been addressed in detail by scholars. |