{"product_id":"the-invention-of-painting-in-america-leonard-hastings-schoff-lectures-9780231132961","title":"The Invention of Painting in America Leonard","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShows how early American painters transformed themselves from provincial followers of the established traditions of Europe into some of the innovative artists in the world. This book explores not only the status of artists and their personal relationship to their work but also the dialogue between the artist and society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWithin the modest confines of this trim and attractive volume...Columbia art historian Rosand...tells the big story of how American painting grew and struggled from colonial obscurity to its stunning mid-20th-century coming-of-age. Publishers Weekly Readers will be reinspired, and their souls and minds reinvented...Highly recommended. Choice Indispensable...Rosand provides a unifying, and uniquely satisfying, view of painting in America. -- Margaret Moorman Columbia Magazine An academic treatise that will stimulate artists and fellow scholars. -- Stephen May American Arts Quarterly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments List of Illustrations Foreword 1. Declarations of Independence 2. Style and the Puritan Aesthetic 3. Artists of Recognized Standing 4. Subjects of the Artist Afterword Notes Index","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400217600343,"sku":"9780231132961","price":70.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780231132961.jpg?v=1730470092","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-invention-of-painting-in-america-leonard-hastings-schoff-lectures-9780231132961","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}