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Media type:
Book
Title:
Grand themes
:
Emanuel Leutze, Washington crossing the Delaware, and American history painting
Contains:
Introduction. The look of history -- The revolt against the grande machine : Emanuel Leutze at the Metropolitan Fair -- Leutze's Storming of the Teocalli : historical struggle and the middle class -- A republican court for the American people -- Painting for the Union : Lilly Martin Spencer's War spirit at home -- Eastman Johnson : low life and "high art" -- Conclusion. History painting and the Centennial.
Footnote:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description:
Introduction. The look of history -- The revolt against the grande machine : Emanuel Leutze at the Metropolitan Fair -- Leutze's Storming of the Teocalli : historical struggle and the middle class -- A republican court for the American people -- Painting for the Union : Lilly Martin Spencer's War spirit at home -- Eastman Johnson : low life and "high art" -- Conclusion. History painting and the Centennial
"Explores history painting in the United States during the middle decades of the nineteenth century, as exemplified by Emanuel Leutze's Washington Crossing the Delaware (1851). Includes the work of artists such as Daniel Huntington, Lilly Martin Spencer, and Eastman Johnson"--Provided by publisher