Picturing a Nation
Art and Social Change in Nineteenth-century America
Published on 10. September 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
381 pages
978-0-300-06637-1 (ISBN)
Description
Examines six American artists: John Vanderlyn, George Caleb Bingham, Lilly Martin Spencer, Robert Duncanson, Seymour Guy, and William Harnett. This study describes how the images in their paintings both embraced and resisted the world around them - including its underlying social conflicts.
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Series
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
140 b&w illustrations, 50 colour plates
Dimensions
Height: 255 mm
Width: 205 mm
Weight
1080 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-300-06637-1 (9780300066371)
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