The American Tradition in the ArtsHarcourt, Brace & World, 1968 - 492 pages |
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Page 243
... river ; it is executed with greater free- dom and dash than anything he had done to date . His The Roman Campagna and An Evening in Arcady ( both , Hartford ) represent the ripening of his talent . In one , the gigantic fragments of the ...
... river ; it is executed with greater free- dom and dash than anything he had done to date . His The Roman Campagna and An Evening in Arcady ( both , Hartford ) represent the ripening of his talent . In one , the gigantic fragments of the ...
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... river , and they grounded within sight of the wharves at Shawneetown , Illinois , where crowds had gathered , thanks to the advance publicity Banvard had sent ahead . During the night the wake of a passing steamer washed them loose ...
... river , and they grounded within sight of the wharves at Shawneetown , Illinois , where crowds had gathered , thanks to the advance publicity Banvard had sent ahead . During the night the wake of a passing steamer washed them loose ...
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... river's course . The next day all Louisville flocked to look . All agreed with those infallible critics of art , the river boatmen , that it was not only the biggest but also the greatest work of art in the world . At last America had ...
... river's course . The next day all Louisville flocked to look . All agreed with those infallible critics of art , the river boatmen , that it was not only the biggest but also the greatest work of art in the world . At last America had ...
Contents
Spain and France in the New World | 4 |
The Seventeenth Century | 11 |
The Tradition and the Arts of the Puritans | 15 |
Copyright | |
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