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What was the place of the artist in a new society? How would he thrive where monarchy, aristocracy, and an established churchthose traditional patrons of painting, sculpture, and architecturewere repudiated so vigorously? Neil Harris examines the relationships between American cultural values and American society during the formative years of American art and explores how conceptions of the artist's social role changed during those years.

The Artist in American Society The Formative

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 15/04/1982
      ISBN13: 9780226317540, 978-0226317540
      ISBN10: 0226317544
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      Book Synopsis
      What was the place of the artist in a new society? How would he thrive where monarchy, aristocracy, and an established churchthose traditional patrons of painting, sculpture, and architecturewere repudiated so vigorously? Neil Harris examines the relationships between American cultural values and American society during the formative years of American art and explores how conceptions of the artist's social role changed during those years.

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