| Description |
xii, 298 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
1. Thomas Cole: Self, Nature, and Nation -- 2. The National Landscape and the First New York School -- 3. Millennium/Apocalypse: The Ambiguous Mode -- 4. The Imperial Republic: Rewriting The Course of Empire -- 5. Nationalism as Place and Process: Frederic Church's New England Scenery -- 6. The Sectional Conflict in the 1850s: Fissures in the National Landscape -- 7. Domesticating the Sublime: The Feminized Landscape of Light, Space, and Air. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
Landscape painting, American -- 19th century.
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Nationalism and art -- United States.
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United States -- In art.
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| Indexed Term |
Paintings Special subjects Landscapes |
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United States |
| ISBN |
0801428300 alkaline paper |
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0801483387 paperback |
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