Trouble in paradise : twenty-four essays on the social history of American art /

"A collection of highly readable critical essays (1977-2023) by a leader in the field of American social art history. Among the subjects Alan Wallach explores are the art of Thomas Cole, patronage of the Hudson River School, so-called "Luminism," the rise of the American art museum, t...

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Main Author:	Wallach, Alan, 1942- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2025]
Series:	Historical materialism book series ; 331.
Subjects:	Art and society > United States > History. Art et société > États-Unis > Histoire.

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