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Painting Indians and Building Empires in North America, 1710–1840
William H. Truettner
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Description for Painting Indians and Building Empires in North America, 1710–1840
Hardback. Offers a visual perspective on westward expansion through a survey of the major Indian images painted by Euro-American artists before and after the American Revolution. Num Pages: 176 pages, 18 b/w photographs and 55 color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AC; AFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 556.
The Europeans who first settled North America were endlessly intrigued by the indigenous people they found there; even before the colonials began to record the landscape, they drew and painted Indians. This study offers a new visual perspective on westward expansion through a survey of the major Indian images painted by Euro-American artists before and after the American Revolution. William H. Truettner's accessible readings of paintings by artists such as Benjamin West, Gilbert Stuart, Charles Bird King, and George Catlin relate these images to social and political events of the time and tell us much about how North American tribes ... Read more
The Europeans who first settled North America were endlessly intrigued by the indigenous people they found there; even before the colonials began to record the landscape, they drew and painted Indians. This study offers a new visual perspective on westward expansion through a survey of the major Indian images painted by Euro-American artists before and after the American Revolution. William H. Truettner's accessible readings of paintings by artists such as Benjamin West, Gilbert Stuart, Charles Bird King, and George Catlin relate these images to social and political events of the time and tell us much about how North American tribes ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520266315
SKU
V9780520266315
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About William H. Truettner
William H. Truettner is Senior Curator of Painting and Sculpture at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Reviews for Painting Indians and Building Empires in North America, 1710–1840
"Truettner has produced a scholarly work of enduring value that should be in all academic and museum libraries." Arlis/Na Reviews "[A] tight and carefully argued book." Choice