Screen LibraryAmerican art to 1900：a documentary history
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University of California Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Berkeley |
| Publication Dates: | 2009. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | 1082 p.: ill. ; 26 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780520245266 (cloth : alk. paper) 0520245261 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | J171 |
| CLC: | J171.209 |
| Call Number: | J171.209/B967 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. The colonial era : Art in an age of Puritanism -- Dissenting opinions: alternatives to Puritan practice -- Advertisements -- Early responses to portraits -- Pioneering artists -- Taste and theory -- Poems on portraits -- Training and the lure of Europe -- 2. Revolution and early republic : Defining art -- Citizens: documents on portrait painting -- Artistic identity, artistic choices -- The establishment of artistic categories : Landscape ; Still life ; Genre -- Early institutions : Philadelphia ; New York ; Boston -- 3. Antebellum America: values and institutions : Art in a democratic na |