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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