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The American School: Artists and Status in the Late Colonial and Early National Era
Susan Rather
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Description for The American School: Artists and Status in the Late Colonial and Early National Era
Hardback. An in-depth look at the changing status of American artists in the 18th and early 19th century Num Pages: 316 pages, 90 color + 80 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; ACQ; ACV; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 190. .
An in-depth look at the changing status of American artists in the 18th and early 19th century This fascinating book is the first comprehensive art-historical study of what it meant to be an American artist in the 18th- and early 19th-century transatlantic world. Susan Rather examines the status of artists from different geographical, professional, and material perspectives, and delves into topics such as portrait painting in Boston and London; the trade of art in Philadelphia and New York; the negotiability and usefulness of colonial American identity in Italy and London; and the shifting representation of artists ... Read more
An in-depth look at the changing status of American artists in the 18th and early 19th century This fascinating book is the first comprehensive art-historical study of what it meant to be an American artist in the 18th- and early 19th-century transatlantic world. Susan Rather examines the status of artists from different geographical, professional, and material perspectives, and delves into topics such as portrait painting in Boston and London; the trade of art in Philadelphia and New York; the negotiability and usefulness of colonial American identity in Italy and London; and the shifting representation of artists ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
316
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
Condition
New
Weight
1577g
Number of Pages
316
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300214611
SKU
V9780300214611
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About Susan Rather
Susan Rather is a professor in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Texas, Austin.
Reviews for The American School: Artists and Status in the Late Colonial and Early National Era
Winner of the 2017 New England Society Book Award for Art in the Art & Photography category.
New England Society Book Awards
New England Society in the City of New York
This is as handsome and well-produced a volume as we can expect from Yale, and a vital addition to the canon of American art history. ... Read more
New England Society Book Awards
New England Society in the City of New York
This is as handsome and well-produced a volume as we can expect from Yale, and a vital addition to the canon of American art history. ... Read more