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16%OFFPeter John Brownlee - American Encounters - 9780295992693 - V9780295992693
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American Encounters

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Description for American Encounters Paperback. Delineating distinctly American characters genre painting was often called upon as a vehicle for expression of cultural nationalism Num Pages: 25 color illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 128 x 7. Weight in Grams: 200.

Genre painting flourished in the U.S. during the mid-19th century. These narrative scenes depicting the everyday activities of stock or typed characters captivated American audiences. Delineating distinctly American characters, often through the exploration of racial, regional, or class differences, genre painting, like landscape, was often called upon as a vehicle for expression of cultural nationalism.

Two paintings from the Louvre represent the Dutch and English schools, key sources on which genre painters in the U.S. drew in developing their own idiom. These rich genre paintings, alongside three outstanding American examples, enable the exploration of a variety of interrelated themes including the ... Read more

Genre Painting and Everyday Life accompanies the first of a series of focused exhibitions collaboratively organized by the Musee du Louvre, the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, the High Museum of Art, and the Terra Foundation for American Art.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
Number of Pages
64
Place of Publication
Seattle, United States
ISBN
9780295992693
SKU
V9780295992693
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