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William Dunlap and the construction of an American art history Maura Lyons
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks N 7483 .D82 L96 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lyons, Maura.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dunlap, William, 1766-1839. History of the rise and progress of the arts of design in the United States.
- Dunlap, William.
- Art, American--Historiography.
- Art, American.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 182 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, c2005.
- Contents:
- The historian: William Dunlap, "the American Vasari"
- Sketching history: coverage of the visual arts in early nineteenth-century American serials
- The mechanics of history: the genesis and writing of the History
- The creation of history: the profiles of Benjamin West and John Trumbull
- Debating history: contemporary reception of Dunlap's history
- Epilogue
- visualizing the history: the Dunlap benefit
- Appendixes: A. An annotated bibliography of William Dunlap's published writings on the visual arts
- B. Chronology of the publication of Dunlap's History
- C. Published reviews of Dunlap's History in contemporary magazines.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- HSP credit line -- Letter from John Neagle to William Dunlap dated January 9, 1833, Simon Gratz Collection (Coll. #250A-B).
- ISBN:
- 1558494758 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9781558494756 (cloth : alk. paper)
- OCLC:
- 56111583
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