Citizen spectator : art, illusion, and visual perception in early national America /

Investigates Americans' experiences with material forms of visual deception and argues that encounters with illusory art shaped their understanding of knowledge, representation and subjectivity between 1790 and 1825. Focusing on the work of the well-known Peale family and their Philadelphia Mus...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Bellion, Wendy
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chapel Hill : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, [2011]
Subjects:	Art and society > United States > History > 18th century. Art and society > United States > History > 19th century. Optical illusions in art. Visual perception > Social aspects > United States > History > 18th century. Visual perception > Social aspects > United States > History > 19th century.

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Call Number:		N72.S6 B395 2011

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