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The American Art-Union : utopia and skepticism in the Antebellum Era /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Orcutt, Kimberly (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Empire State Editions, an imprint of Fordham University Press, [2024]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
American Art-Union > History.
Art, American.
Art appreciation > United States > History > 19th century.
Art patronage > United States > History > 19th century.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Introduction. The Dream of Art for the People
  • 1. Engravings: To Lead Taste or to Follow?
  • 2. Selecting Artworks for Distribution: From Democracy to Oligarchy
  • 3. The Free Gallery: Art, Anxiety, and Revolution
  • 4. Distributions and Membership: ""Messengers and Missionaries of Art""?
  • 5. The Bulletin: From Education to Provocation
  • 6. Slowly, Then All at Once: The Demise of the American Art-Union
  • Acknowledgments
  • Appendix A: American Art-Union Resources
  • Appendix B: American Art-Union Officers and Committee of Management, 1839-51
  • Appendix C: American Art-Union Engravings Distributed to All Members
  • Notes
  • Sources Cited
  • Index
  • About the Author