A deaf artist in early America : the worlds of John Brewster, Jr. / Harlan Lane.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lane, Harlan, 1936-2019.

Contributor:

Brewster, John, 1766-1854.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brewster, John, 1766-1854.

Brewster, John.

Portrait painters--Maine--Biography.

Portrait painters.

Deaf artists--Maine--Biography.

Deaf artists.

Deaf people--United States--Social conditions.

Deaf people.

United States.

Social conditions.

Maine.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xvi, 190 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Boston : Beacon Press, [2004]

Contents:

Part I The Puritan World

1. The Founding of New England 3

2. Brewster's Roots 7

3. Art Lessons from Rev. Joseph Steward 12

4. From Connecticut to Maine 14

Part II The World of the Federalist Elite

5. Farmers, Merchants, and Artisans 19

6. The Limner's Trade 22

7. Four Brewster Sitters 25

8. Art as a Window on the Times 30

9. Children in Art and Life 35

10. Brewster's Career 42

Part III The Deaf-World

11. Brewster Attends the American Asylum 53

12. The French Roots of the American Deaf-World 56

13. The Beginnings of the Asylum and ASL 59

14. The Deaf Community on Martha's Vineyard 62

15. The Deaf Community on the Mainland 69

16. The Founding of the Deaf-World 74

17. Ethnic Consciousness and Genetics 77

18. The Tradition of Deaf Art 83

19. Visual Perception and the Deaf 86

Part IV The Art World

20. Brewster's Precursors 91

21. The Art of the Limners 97

22. Brewster's Art 102

Part V The Deaf-World and Deaf Art Today

23. Deaf Ethnicity in the United States 111

24. Contemporary Deaf Art 118

25. The Uses of Ethnic Consciousness 126

A Brewster Inventory 141.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-182) and index.

ISBN:

0807066168

OCLC:

54529943