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Citizen Spectator
Wendy Bellion
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Description for Citizen Spectator
Outgrowth of the author's thesis (Northwestern University). Num Pages: 388 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: AG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 242 x 27. Weight in Grams: 898.
In this richly illustrated study, the first book-length exploration of illusionistic art in the early United States, Wendy Bellion investigates Americans' experiences with material forms of visual deception and argues that encounters with illusory art shaped their understanding of knowledge, representation, and subjectivity between 1790 and 1825. Focusing on the work of the well-known Peale family and their Philadelphia Museum, as well as other Philadelphians, Bellion explores the range of illusions encountered in public spaces, from trompe l'oeil paintings and drawings at art exhibitions to ephemeral displays of phantasmagoria, ""Invisible Ladies,"" and other spectacles of deception. Bellion reconstructs the elite ... Read more
In this richly illustrated study, the first book-length exploration of illusionistic art in the early United States, Wendy Bellion investigates Americans' experiences with material forms of visual deception and argues that encounters with illusory art shaped their understanding of knowledge, representation, and subjectivity between 1790 and 1825. Focusing on the work of the well-known Peale family and their Philadelphia Museum, as well as other Philadelphians, Bellion explores the range of illusions encountered in public spaces, from trompe l'oeil paintings and drawings at art exhibitions to ephemeral displays of phantasmagoria, ""Invisible Ladies,"" and other spectacles of deception. Bellion reconstructs the elite ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
388
Condition
New
Series
Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia
Number of Pages
388
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9780807833889
SKU
V9780807833889
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About Wendy Bellion
Wendy Bellion is associate professor of art history at the University of Delaware.
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