Nineteenth-Century American Painting

Nineteenth-Century American Painting
Barbara Novak
The paintings of Thomas Cole and the Luminists are seen in relation to transcendentalism as embodied in the writings of Emerson and Thoreau, and the later realism of Winslow Homer is viewed in relation to the influence of Darwin. Throughout, the domineering influence of nature and the unpastoralised American landscape is considered as a major factor in leading artists trained in European traditions to modify accepted solutions in the development of a distinct national identity.
330 pages, 115 colour and 49 mono illustrations, cloth, 293 x 241mm
ISBN 13: 
9780856673160
ISBN 10: 
0 85667 316 1
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A catalogue of the collection including 111 works by 55 artists such as Thomas Cole and Winslow Homer.

In her introduction to this catalogue, Barbara Novak sets the one hundred and eleven works by fifty-five artists in the philosopfical context of American 19th century culture.

About the author

Barbara Novak is Altschul Professor of Art History at Barnard College, Columbia University, New York. She is the author of several important books on American art.