Trouble in paradise twenty-four essays on the social history of American art by Alan Wallach

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wallach, Alan, 1942- author.

Series:

Historical materialism book series 331

Historical materialism book series volume 331

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art and society--United States--History.

Art and society.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Other Title:

Twenty-four essays on the social history of American art

Place of Publication:

Leiden Boston Brill [2025]

Summary:

"A collection of highly readable critical essays (1977-2023) by a leader in the field of American social art history. Among the subjects Alan Wallach explores are the art of Thomas Cole, patronage of the Hudson River School, so-called "Luminism," the rise of the American art museum, the historiography of American art, scholarship and the art market, as well as the work of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Rockwell Kent, Grant Wood, Philip Evergood, and Norman Rockwell. Throughout, Wallach employs a materialist approach to argue against traditional scholarship that considered American art and art institutions in isolation from their social, historical, and ideological contexts"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

The unethical art museum (2006)

Accounting for the panoramic in Hudson River School landscape painting (2007)

'A distasteful, indelicate subject' (2019)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 24, 2025)

Other Format:

Print version Wallach, Alan, 1942- Trouble in paradise

ISBN:

9004711759

9789004711754

OCLC:

1456547162

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license