Erika Schneider

The Representation of the Struggling Artist in America, 1800-1865

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book analyzes how American painters, sculptors, and writers, active between 1800 and 1865, depicted their response to a democratic society that failed to adequately support them financially and intellectually.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: RLPG/Galleys
• Seitenzahl: 196
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. April 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 445g
• ISBN-13: 9781611494129
• ISBN-10: 1611494125
• Artikelnr.: 42028580

Autorenporträt

By Erika Schneider

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Chapters Introduction: The Mythology
of Privation 1.Political Beginnings: "You Have Come A Great Way To Starve"
2.Man Enough: "Beggars Are Not To Be Choosers" 3.Compromise: "Paint For The
Many, Not For The Few" 4.Respite Abroad: "Though They Feed My Body . . .
They Starve My Soul" 5.Reading between the Lines: "American Patrons, Pshaw!
American Critics, Bah!" Conclusion Bibliography