The American Tradition in the ArtsHarcourt, Brace & World, 1968 - 492 pages |
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... became almost an American specialty . Banister - back chairs , of similar proportion and style , were popular , while chairs with padded seats and backs , often called Spanish chairs , were upholstered in leather or flame - stitch em ...
... became almost an American specialty . Banister - back chairs , of similar proportion and style , were popular , while chairs with padded seats and backs , often called Spanish chairs , were upholstered in leather or flame - stitch em ...
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... became precari- ous , as it has largely remained to our own time . As 1900 approached , the European - trained painters and sculptors became increasingly remote from booming , crude , progressive America , for theirs was an art of ...
... became precari- ous , as it has largely remained to our own time . As 1900 approached , the European - trained painters and sculptors became increasingly remote from booming , crude , progressive America , for theirs was an art of ...
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... became more at- mospheric . He made figure studies , and his forms became fuller and more monumental . After his return he left New York for good , to settle on a storm - battered point at Prout's Neck on the Maine coast . There , close ...
... became more at- mospheric . He made figure studies , and his forms became fuller and more monumental . After his return he left New York for good , to settle on a storm - battered point at Prout's Neck on the Maine coast . There , close ...
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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