| Description |
1082 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Subject |
Art, American -- Sources.
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| Added Author |
Davis, John, 1961 September 24-
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| ISBN |
9780520245266 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0520245261 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780520257566 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0520257561 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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