Making American taste : narrative art for a new democracy / edited by Barbara Dayer Gallati ; contributions by Linda S. Ferber, Ella M. Foshay, Kimberly Orcutt.
"Making American Taste features fifty-five works from the New-York Historical Society's collection that cast new light on both the history of American art and the formation of American cultural ideals during a crucial period from the 1830s to the late 1860s. By integrating history, literary and reli...
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Language: | English |
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[New York] : London :
New-York Historical Society ; In association with D Giles Limited,
[2011], ©2011.
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Physical Description: | 324 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 x 30 cm |
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Narrative art for a new democracy. |
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Contents:
- Foreword / Louise Mirrer
- Preface and acknowledgments / Linda S Ferber
- Note to the reader
- Taste, art. cultural power in nineteenth century America / Barbara Dayer Gallati
- "Nature's Nation": American taste and landscape painting, 1825-1876 / Linda S Ferber
- Luman Reed and Robert L Stuart: a double portrait / Ella M Foshay
- Artists' biographies and catalogue entries / Barbara Dayer Gallati and Kimberly Orcutt.