{"product_id":"transporting-visions-9780520251847","title":"Transporting Visions","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTaking seriously the complications involved in moving pictures through the physical world - the sheer bulk and weight of artworks, the long delays inherent in long-distance reception, the uneasy mingling of artworks with other kinds of things in transit, the author forges a model for a material history of visual communication in early America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Seamlessly written, well illustrated, and a model for scholarly inquiry in other periods of art history.\" CHOICE \"A rich text ... fascinating analysis.\" -- Austin Porter Panorama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments   Introduction: Long-Distance Pictures  1. Dilemmas of Delivery in Copley's Atlantic  2. Audubon's Burden: Materiality and Transmission in The Birds of America  3. Gathering Moss: Asher B. Durand and the Deceleration of Landscape  Epilogue: Material Visual Culture   Notes  Selected Bibliography  List of Illustrations  Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402830061911,"sku":"9780520251847","price":42.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520251847.jpg?v=1730481630","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/transporting-visions-9780520251847","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}