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Moved to tears : rethinking the art of the sentimental in the United States /

In 'Moved to Tears,' Rebecca Bedell overturns received ideas about sentimental art. Countering its association with trite and saccharine Victorian kitsch, Bedell argues that major American artists, from John Trumbull and Charles Willson Peale in the eighteenth century and Asher Durand and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Bedell, Rebecca Bailey (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2018]
Subjects:	Sentimentalism in art. Art > United States > History. Art > United States > Themes, motives.

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