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Mines the more than 300 newspapers published in New York City before the Civil War for art criticism, in order to trace the changing political positions of artists, artworks, and authors.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations | vii
Introduction: The Penny Press | 1
1 The Aristocracy of Art and Bennett’s Herald | 25
2 Artists, Their Agents, and Press Manipulation | 58
3 Old Masters versus Young America | 91
4 The Penny Press’s Utopian Alternative | 124
5 The Genteel and the Bohemian | 156
6 Rearing Statues amid Gothic Spires | 188
Conclusion: Art and Politics | 227
Acknowledgments | 237
Notes | 239
Index | 291

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      Publisher Fordham University Press
      Published 4 February 2020
      ISBN-13 9780823285389
      978-0823285389
      ISBN-10 0823285383
      Also in:
      Theory of art

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Mines the more than 300 newspapers published in New York City before the Civil War for art criticism, in order to trace the changing political positions of artists, artworks, and authors.

      Table of Contents

      List of Illustrations | vii
      Introduction: The Penny Press | 1
      1 The Aristocracy of Art and Bennett’s Herald | 25
      2 Artists, Their Agents, and Press Manipulation | 58
      3 Old Masters versus Young America | 91
      4 The Penny Press’s Utopian Alternative | 124
      5 The Genteel and the Bohemian | 156
      6 Rearing Statues amid Gothic Spires | 188
      Conclusion: Art and Politics | 227
      Acknowledgments | 237
      Notes | 239
      Index | 291

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