Description
Book SynopsisMoving beyond descriptions of what distinguishes American art from other movements and forms, this work explores not only the status of artists and their relationship to their work but also the larger dialogue between the artist and society. It looks to the intensely studied portraits of America's early painters, especially Copley and Eakins.
Trade ReviewWithin 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
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 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
