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The American Art-Union : Utopia and Skepticism in the Antebellum Era / Kimberly A. Orcutt.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Orcutt, Kimberly A., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American Art-Union--History.
- American Art-Union.
- Art appreciation--United States--History--19th century.
- Art appreciation.
- Art patronage--United States--History--19th century.
- Art patronage.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (291 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Fordham University Press, [2024]
- Summary:
- No detailed description available for "The American Art-Union".
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction. The Dream of Art for the People
- 1. Engravings: To Lead Taste or to Follow?
- 2. Selecting Artworks for Distribution: From Democracy to Oligarchy
- 3. The Free Gallery: Art, Anxiety, and Revolution
- 4. Distributions and Membership: "Messengers and Missionaries of Art"?
- 5. The Bulletin: From Education to Provocation
- 6. Slowly, Then All at Once: The Demise of the American Art-Union
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix A: American Art-Union Resources
- Appendix B: American Art-Union Officers and Committee of Management, 1839-51
- Appendix C: American Art-Union Engravings Distributed to All Members
- Notes
- Sources Cited
- Index
- About the Author.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781531507015
- 1531507018
- OCLC:
- 1438604380
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