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American art to 1900 : a documentary history /

From the simple assertion that "words matter" in the study of visual art, this comprehensive but eminently readable volume gathers an extraordinary selection of words--painters and sculptors writing in their diaries, critics responding to a sensational exhibition, groups of artists issuing...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Burns, Sarah
Otros Autores: Davis, John, 1961 September 24-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • 1. The colonial era : Art in an age of Puritanism
  • Dissenting opinions: alternatives to Puritan practice
  • Advertisements
  • Early responses to portraits
  • Pioneering artists
  • Taste and theory
  • Poems on portraits
  • Training and the lure of Europe
  • 2. Revolution and early republic : Defining art
  • Citizens: documents on portrait painting
  • Artistic identity, artistic choices
  • The establishment of artistic categories : Landscape ; Still life ; Genre
  • Early institutions : Philadelphia ; New York ; Boston
  • 3. Antebellum America: values and institutions : Art in a democratic nation
  • Building institutions
  • Collectors and patrons
  • 4. Antebellum America: landscape, life, and spectacle : The American landscape : Literary landscapes ; Romantic nature ; American sites: tourist literature ; Transcendental nature ; Nature, wild and tame
  • American life
  • Artists of color and the representation of race
  • Artists: advice and careers
  • 5. Antebellum America: public art and popular art : The U.S. government as patron: decoration of the capitol
  • Art in public
  • Popular art, edification, and entertainment
  • 6. Antebellum America: expanding horizons : International travel and exchange
  • Manifest destiny
  • Manufacturing history
  • Art on and of the frontier : The noble savage/vanishing race ; Western life
  • Frederic Church's sublime landscapes : Heart of the Andes
  • 7. The 1860's : Taking stock
  • Landscape at a crossroads: nature as seen through telescope and microscope
  • Civil war
  • Race
  • Art after conflict
  • 8. The gilded age: life and landscape at home : Nationalism and home subjects
  • Modes of realism
  • Race and representation
  • Landscapes: east and west : The old northeast ; The new west
  • 9. The gilded age: art worlds and art markets : Art on the market
  • Studio life and art society
  • 10. The gilded age: education, institutions, and exhibitions : Education : Boston ; Chicago ; New York ; Philadelphia ; San Francisco
  • Art institutions
  • The Philadelphia centennial and the colonial revival
  • 11. Cosmopolitan dialogues : Internationalism
  • Art education : Germany ; France
  • The nude ; Arch-expatriates
  • New women in art
  • 12. New media, new tastemakers, new masses : Critical voices
  • The little media : Watercolor ; Pastel ; Etching ; Wood engraving
  • Popular art and its critique
  • In the magazines: the new illustrators
  • Amateur or artist?: Debates on photography
  • 13. Beauty, vision and modernity : The aesthetic movement
  • Impressionism: critical reception
  • Impressionism: American practices
  • Impressionism: eclectic practices
  • Art colonies
  • Beyond the threshold: visionaries and dreamers
  • 14. Imperial America : The world's Columbian Exposition
  • Mural painting
  • Public sculpture
  • Retrospectives and prospects.