| Description |
xvi, 190 pages : color illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-182) and index. |
| Contents |
Part I The Puritan World -- 1. The Founding of New England 3 -- 2. Brewster's Roots 7 -- 3. Art Lessons from Rev. Joseph Steward 12 -- 4. From Connecticut to Maine 14 -- Part II The World of the Federalist Elite -- 5. Farmers, Merchants, and Artisans 19 -- 6. The Limner's Trade 22 -- 7. Four Brewster Sitters 25 -- 8. Art as a Window on the Times 30 -- 9. Children in Art and Life 35 -- 10. Brewster's Career 42 -- Part III The Deaf-World -- 11. Brewster Attends the American Asylum 53 -- 12. The French Roots of the American Deaf-World 56 -- 13. The Beginnings of the Asylum and ASL 59 -- 14. The Deaf Community on Martha's Vineyard 62 -- 15. The Deaf Community on the Mainland 69 -- 16. The Founding of the Deaf-World 74 -- 17. Ethnic Consciousness and Genetics 77 -- 18. The Tradition of Deaf Art 83 -- 19. Visual Perception and the Deaf 86 -- Part IV The Art World -- 20. Brewster's Precursors 91 -- 21. The Art of the Limners 97 -- 22. Brewster's Art 102 -- Part V The Deaf-World and Deaf Art Today -- 23. Deaf Ethnicity in the United States 111 -- 24. Contemporary Deaf Art 118 -- 25. The Uses of Ethnic Consciousness 126 -- A Brewster Inventory 141. |
| Subject |
Brewster, John, 1766-1854.
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Portrait painters -- Maine -- Biography.
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Deaf artists -- Maine -- Biography.
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Deaf -- United States -- Social conditions.
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| Added Author |
Brewster, John, 1766-1854.
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| ISBN |
0807066168 alkaline paper |
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9780807066164 alkaline paper |
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