American Icons: Transatlantic Perspectives on Eighteenth- And Nineteenth-Century American Art - Couverture souple

Gaehtgens, .

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0892362472 ISBN 13 : 9780892362479

Editeur : Getty Research Institute,U.S., 1996

Synopsis

American painters and graphic artists of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries sought inspiration for their work in the uniquely American experience of history and nature. The result was a transformation of the conventional Old World visual language into an indigenous and populist New World syntax. The twelve essays in this volume explore the development of a frontier mythology, a democratic style depicting common people and objects, and an American artistic consciousness and identity. Conceived and written from the perspectives of both cultural and art historians, American Icons initiates an interdisciplinary discussion on the complex relationships between American and European art.

Contributors are Herbert Beck, Werner Busch, Martin Christadler, Nicolai Cikovsky, Jr., Françoise Forster-Hahn, Ursula Frohne, Barbara Gaehtgens, Thomas W. Gaehtgens, Barbara Groseclose, Olaf Hansen, William Hauptman, Heinz Ickstadt, Barbara Novak, and Kathleen Pyne.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Thomas W. Gaehtgens is professor of art history at the Institute for Art History of the Free University, Berlin.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Getty Research Institute,U.S.
• Date d'édition: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0892362472
• ISBN 13: 9780892362479
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 372
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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