Nocturne : night in American art, 1890-1917 /
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Yale University Press,
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Publisher Address: | New Haven, CT : |
Publication Dates: | [2018] |
Literature type: | Book |
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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 |