Nocturne : night in American art, 1890-1917 /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Valance, Hélène
Group Author: Todd, Jane Marie, 1957
Published: Yale University Press,
Publisher Address: New Haven, CT :
Publication Dates: [2018]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
French
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Item Description: Originally published as Nuits américaines: l'art du nocturne aux États-Unis, 1890-1917, 2015, ISBN 9782840509950.
Carrier Form: 242 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages [228]-234) and index.
ISBN: 9780300223996
0300223994
Access: Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Index Number: N8233
CLC: J171.209.5
Call Number: J171.209.5/V136
Contents: Part 1 Antivisions: the redefinition of vision by science and technology : A paradoxical aesthetics -- The image in crisis: vision questioned by science and technology -- The work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction -- Visions of the mind and spirit. Part 2 Heart of darkness: the nocturne as metaphor for racial difference : Inverted light: the nocturne in the age of imperialism -- Vanishing Indians: nostalgic reminiscence and haunting presence -- A blueblood landscape: the nocturne as white art in Jim Crow America. Part 3 Landscape reconfigured: urban nocturnes : Contrast, confronta