The Domestication of History in American Art 1848-1876
Softcover
1998 · Williamsburg
by Wierich, Jochen
Williamsburg: The College of William and Mary, 1998. Softcover. VG+ with gallery owner's ex-lib. sticker on front cover.. Wraps with black spiral binding, mylar front cover and black card back cover. 335 pp. with 22 bw figures. Dissertation which traces the decline of history painting in America in the years between the Mexican-American War and the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. Wierich links it to a cultural process of specific constituencies: artists, patrons and critics, all competing for cultural authority. With specific chapters on Emanuel Leutze, Lilly Martin Spencer and Eastman Johnson. (Inventory #: 141712)