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Homer, Eakins, and Anshutz: The Search for American Identity in the Gilded Age
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Homer, Eakins, and Anshutz: The Search for American Identity in the Gilded Age
Griffin, Randall C.

Price:US $52.00

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Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Museum of Art
Condition:Used: Very Good
Binding: Hardcover
Dust Jacket (if applicable): very good
Date: 2004

ISBN: (if applicable): 0271023295

Unmarked. 192p. 8 color/6 black and white illustrations. Bibliography. Index. Argues that nationalistic concerns in art led to a perceptible shift in subject matter in painting. Winner of the 2005 Vasari Award presented by the Dallas Museum of Art for the finest art history book authored by a scholar in Texas. Examines the ways in which artists and critics sought to construct a new identity for America during the era dubbed the Gilded Age because of its leaders (SKU: 24177)

Keywords:Art History, American Art, Pennsylvanian Artists, 19th century Art, Gilded Age, American Culture, American Studies