{"product_id":"art-wars-the-politics-of-taste-in-nineteenthcentury-new-york-america-in-the-nineteenth-century-9780812251944","title":"Art Wars The Politics of Taste in","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Rachel Klein's compelling, beautifully written, and insightful study adds importantly to our understanding of the complex historical relationship between art, nation-building, and the rise of individual-oriented consumer culture in nineteenth-century America. A smart, nuanced work that is also highly engaging and readable, \u003ci\u003eArt Wars\u003c\/i\u003e shows us that ideas of art and democracy have long been intertwined.\" * Alice Fahs, University of California, Irvine *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eArt Wars\u003c\/i\u003e provides a welcome addition to cultural and intellectual histories of New York in the nineteenth century by bringing together the history of antebellum art institutions like the American Art-Union and museums like the Metropolitan that came into being in the 1870s. Rachel Klein links these institutional stories to larger political and cultural transformations that accompanied the rise of industrial capitalism that so dramatically changed a city like New York. \u003ci\u003eArt Wars\u003c\/i\u003e will be a very important addition to the history of art institutions and the historiography of taste in the United States as well as to the intellectual and cultural histories of cities in the nineteenth century.\" * Jeffrey Trask, \u003ci\u003eThings American: Art Museums and Civic Culture in the Progressive Era\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction. The Importance of Taste: Intellectual Roots 1\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. Paintings in Public Life: The Rise of the American Art-Union\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. The Limits of Cultural Stewardship: The Fall of the American Art-Union\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. Art and Industry: Debates of the 1850s\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. The Art of Decoration and the Transformation of Stewardship: The Making of the Metropolitan Museum of Art\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. Metropolitan Museum on Trial: Antiquities, Expertise and the Problem of Race\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. The Battle for Sundays at the Museum\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue. Edith Wharton's Museum\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405742383447,"sku":"9780812251944","price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812251944.jpg?v=1730493455","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/art-wars-the-politics-of-taste-in-nineteenthcentury-new-york-america-in-the-nineteenth-century-9780812251944","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}