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LOBBY GALLERY |
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| The Art of Story Telling: Plains Indian Perspectives: (Dec. 1, 2011 through summer of 2012-NE Gallery) | |||||||
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For countless years Plains Indians have chronicled their histories in magnificent graphic pictorial styles. Powerful images carved in, or painted on, rock marked historical events and visions. Narrative scenes painted on buffalo robes, hides, and tips chronicled men’s personal exploits and feats—memorializing and making public their heroic deeds. This exhibit features stunning and powerful, and fascinating works of art from the Montana Historical Society’s collection along with the special addition of the magnificent Walter Bone Shirt Ledger Book which is generously on loan from the Mansfield Library. In these works, often the meaning of the artist’s intent is clear but equally often the original meaning remains an enigmatic mystery. |
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Excerpt from untitled ledger drawing By Curley, Crow Pencil, colored pencil, paper, 1886 Montana Historical Society Museum Collection, X1915.01.03 |
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Mapping Montana: Two Centuries of Cartography (Dec 1, 2011 through spring of 2012- Lobby Gallery) |
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Walter W. de Lacy’s original manuscript map of Montana Territory, 1865 Montana Historical Society Research Center, B-1 |
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MONTANA MOMENTS GALLERY |
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Montana Modern
Modernist architecture took root in post -World War
II America, fueled by a rapidly expanding national economy and a
demand for new building stock following lean years of financial
depression and war. In Montana, the post-war years saw an influx of
population to the cities - particularly university towns, places
associated with military bases, and those involved in the petroleum
markets. These families needed places to live, attend school, and
conduct business. Consequently, many residences, public buildings,
and storefronts date to this era. |
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