American art history is a remarkably young, but rapidly growing, discipline. Membership in the Association of Historians of American Art, founded in 1979, now totals nearly 600. As a result of this growth, geographical and cultural borders no longer contain the field. American art history has become "internationalized," represented by scholars and exhibitions around the globe. While this international transmission and exchange of ideas will certainly prove to be valuable, it has been left largely unexamined. Internationalizing the History of American Art begins a critical...
American art history is a remarkably young, but rapidly growing, discipline. Membership in the Association of Historians of American Art, founded i...
First exhibited at the Stuyvesant Hall in New York in 1851, Emanuel Leutze's Washington Crossing the Delaware captured the imagination of many Americans searching for national symbols in a time of sectionalism and disunity. Despite Leutze's aspirations, the exhibition became an opportunity for critics of history painting to stake their positions. As suggested by the book's title, Leutze's epic painting is a touchstone in the evolution of American history painting. It represents a triumphant climax of the American adoption of the Grand Manner, inherited from eighteenth-century...
First exhibited at the Stuyvesant Hall in New York in 1851, Emanuel Leutze's Washington Crossing the Delaware captured the imagination of ...
Explores history painting in the United States during the middle decades of the nineteenth century, as exemplified by Emanuel Leutze's Washington Crossing the Delaware (1851). Includes the work of artists such as Daniel Huntington, Lilly Martin Spencer, and Eastman Johnson.
Explores history painting in the United States during the middle decades of the nineteenth century, as exemplified by Emanuel Leutze's Washington Cros...
