The American Tradition in the ArtsHarcourt, Brace & World, 1968 - 492 pages |
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Page ix
... whole . The characteristics of American art are , therefore , not to be found in differences in kind , but , rather , in differences of emphasis and in the combination of elements often common to the whole . America has been truly ...
... whole . The characteristics of American art are , therefore , not to be found in differences in kind , but , rather , in differences of emphasis and in the combination of elements often common to the whole . America has been truly ...
Page 174
... whole effect was ingeniously staged to give the impression of medieval remains of considerable extent , with broken , ivied walls and fallen blocks of ancient masonry . The drive crossed a rustic bridge and wound through the park , with ...
... whole effect was ingeniously staged to give the impression of medieval remains of considerable extent , with broken , ivied walls and fallen blocks of ancient masonry . The drive crossed a rustic bridge and wound through the park , with ...
Page 345
... whole composition has a quiet lyricism which far transcends the expert factual statement and strikes a rare note in Eakins ' work . ยท In 1887 he asked Walt Whitman to pose for him , and a warm friendship resulted . " The Eakins portrait ...
... whole composition has a quiet lyricism which far transcends the expert factual statement and strikes a rare note in Eakins ' work . ยท In 1887 he asked Walt Whitman to pose for him , and a warm friendship resulted . " The Eakins portrait ...
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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