The Art-makers: An Informal History of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture in Nineteenth-century AmericaA lively and unconventional history of the heroic "art-makers" of the last century—their struggles, their attempt "to change the climate of the arts," their successes. 211 stunning illustrations of great art. |
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A Point of Departure 37 | 3 |
Art in a Cold Climate | 7 |
Olana the residence of Frederic E Church Hudson New York | 13 |
The Bank of Pennsylvania Philadelphia | 22 |
Parthenons for the People | 40 |
The End of a Beginning | 71 |
Elijah in the Desert | 78 |
The StatueMakers | 111 |
Bronze Was for Heroes | 297 |
The Eye on the Object | 341 |
A Quartet of Romantics | 381 |
The ArtMakers as Tastemakers | 408 |
Palaces Palaces Palaces | 447 |
A Point of Arrival | 482 |
Sources and Acknowledgments | 493 |
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The Age of Downing | 160 |
New York City | 171 |
Little People in Big Places | 191 |
Big People in Little Places | 227 |
Convention and Invention | 267 |
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