Toward a National Taste : America's Quest for Aesthetic Independence / J. Meredith Neil.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Neil, J. Meredith, Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (416 p.)

Place of Publication:

Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2021]

Language Note:

In English.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

1. Democratic Definitions

2. The Arts and Civilization

3. The Artist as Patriotic Leader

4. Sculpture and the Tyranny of the Greeks

5. Painting and Engraving: Moralistic Neoclassicism Embattled

6. Architecture and Interior Decorating: "Elegance and Convenience"

7. Music and Dancing: The Rise of Genteel Romanticism

8. American Town and Country: Regularity, Rural Felicity, and "a Degree of Wildness"

9. From the Grand Tourist to the Romantic Traveler

10. Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Mai 2021)

ISBN:

0-8248-8622-4

OCLC:

1253313303