Discovered Land, Invented Pasts
Transforming Visions of the American West
Yale University Press
Published on 27. May 1992
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-0-300-05722-5 (ISBN)
Description
A common theme of western American art is the transformation of the land through European-American exploration and resettlement. In this book, the authors look at western American art of the past three centuries, re-evaluating it from the perspectives of history, art history and American studies.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
75 b&w illustrations, 36 colour-plates
Dimensions
Height: 224 mm
Width: 248 mm
Weight
980 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-300-05722-5 (9780300057225)
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Author
Assistant Curator, American and British Painting, National Gallery of Art, USA
Professor of History, Yale University, Connecticut, USA
Professor of History, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Director, Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Massachusetts, USA
Project Coordinator, American Arts Office, Yale University Art Gallery, Connecticut, USA
Sterling Professor of American History, Yale University, Connecticut, USA