The American Tradition in the ArtsHarcourt, Brace & World, 1968 - 492 pages |
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Page 113
... wrote at length on the retrospective exhibition of the artist's works held in 1839. It was discussions of this event at meetings of the Transcendental Club in Concord that led Emer- son to write his famous essay Art . Allston , always ...
... wrote at length on the retrospective exhibition of the artist's works held in 1839. It was discussions of this event at meetings of the Transcendental Club in Concord that led Emer- son to write his famous essay Art . Allston , always ...
Page 142
... wrote home to Boston after he had made his first inspection of the building and realized the magnitude of the task and the many problems involved , " but must be content to follow in a prescribed path . " Yet he actually achieved far ...
... wrote home to Boston after he had made his first inspection of the building and realized the magnitude of the task and the many problems involved , " but must be content to follow in a prescribed path . " Yet he actually achieved far ...
Page 222
... wrote of his homesickness for America , for the life of the woods . He was disturbed by " the constant evidence of the contrast between the rich and the poor , " he wrote . But he made many friends , and he was especially pleased when ...
... wrote of his homesickness for America , for the life of the woods . He was disturbed by " the constant evidence of the contrast between the rich and the poor , " he wrote . But he made many friends , and he was especially pleased when ...
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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