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William Dunlap and the construction of an American art history /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lyons, Maura
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2005]
Subjects:
Dunlap, William, > 1766-1839. > History of the rise and progress of the arts of design in the United States.
Art, American > Historiography.
Table of Contents:
  • The historian: William Dunlap, "the American Vasari"
  • Sketching history: coverage of the visual arts in early nineteenth-century American serials
  • The mechanics of history: the genesis and writing of the history
  • The creation of history: the profiles of Benjamin West and John Trumbull
  • Debating history: contemporary reception of Dunlap's history
  • Epilogue--visualizing the history: the Dunlap benefit.