William Dunlap and the construction of an American art history / Maura Lyons.
William Dunlap and the construction of an American art history / Maura Lyons.
William Dunlap and the construction of an American art history / Maura Lyons.
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Publisher
Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, c2005.
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N709.73/42
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Language
English
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Physical content
p. cm.
Contents
1. The historian : William Dunlap, "the American Vasari" -- 2. Sketching history : coverage of the visual arts in early nineteenth-century American serials -- 3. The mechanics of history : the genesis and writing of the History -- 4. The creation of history : the profiles of Benjamin West and John T...
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Publisher
Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, c2005.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
c2005.
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Summary
"By revealing the History as an entrepreneurial, partisan, and localized experiment, Lyons reinterprets the book's contents, elaborating on the roles assigned to the artists Benjamin West and John Trumbull and the book's championing of New York's National Academy of Design. Lyons's study thus illuminates the participation of the History in the proc...
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William Dunlap and the construction of an American art history / Maura Lyons.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N709.73/42
Record Identifier
74VKd7yXVDm3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKd7yXVDm3
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ISBN
1558494758 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781558494756 (cloth : alk. paper)
DDC
709.73
MMS ID
991019918279702626
