Screen LibraryThe Boston cosmopolitans International travel and American arts and letters /
This book traces the progression of cosmopolitanism from the private experience of a group of artists and intellectuals who lived and worked in Boston between 1865 and 1915 to finished works of monumental art that shaped public space.
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| Literature type: | Electronic Software eBook |
| Language: | English |
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This book traces the progression of cosmopolitanism from the private experience of a group of artists and intellectuals who lived and worked in Boston between 1865 and 1915 to finished works of monumental art that shaped public space. |
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Ebook. Originally published in: 2008. |
| Carrier Form: | 288 p. |
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9780230603820 9780230611214 : 0230611214 : |
| CLC: | K01 |
| Contents: | Introduction * The 'Poetry of Motion': The Effect of Travel on the Lives and Thought of the Boston Cosmopolitans * Charles Eliot Norton and the Dawning of Cosmopolitanism in Boston * Travel and Creativity: The Role of Travel in Cosmopolitan Invention * Sharing the Experience of Cosmopolitanism through Literature * Expressing Cosmopolitanism through Art * Architecture: The Cosmopolitan Contribution to Public Space * World War I and the Demise of the Boston Cosmopolitans * The Boston Cosmopolitans: Contexts and Controversies. |