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Mobility and identity in US genre painting : painting at the threshold /

"This book examines the portrayal of themes of boundary crossing, itinerancy, relocation, and displacement in United States genre paintings during the second half of the long nineteenth century (c. 1860-1910). Through four diachronic case studies, the book reveals how the high-stakes politics o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Baradel, Lacey, 1982- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021.
Series:Routledge research in art history.
Subjects:
Genre painting, American > 19th century.
Genre painting, American > 20th century.
Migration, Internal, in art.
Art and society > United States > History > 19th century.
Art and society > United States > History > 20th century.
Art and society.
Genre painting, American.
United States.
1800-1999
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Mobility and containment in Eastman Johnson's genre paintings
  • Mapping Enoch Wood Perry's genre scenes
  • Crossing thresholds in Thomas Hovenden's Breaking home ties
  • Dislocation and connection in John Sloan's scenes of urban transport.