The Painter's Chair
George Washington and the Making of American Art
I am so hackneyed to the touches of the painters pencil, that I am now altogether at their beck ... no dray moves more readily to the Thill, than I do to the Painters Chair. -George Washington, 16, 1785When George Washington was born, the New World had virtually no artists. Over the course of his life, a cultural transformation would occur. Virtually everyone regarded Washington as America's indispensable man, and the early painters and sculptors were no exception. Hugh Howard surveys the founding fathers of American painting through their portraits of Washington. Charles Willson Peale was the comrade-in-arms, John Trumbull the aristocrat, Be…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-60819-191-8
- EAN: 9781608191918
- Produktnummer: 13920205
- Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
- Seitenangabe: 320 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Abbildungen: B&W illustrations
Über den Autor
Hugh Howard's numerous books include Dr. Kimball and Mr. Jefferson; the definitive Thomas Jefferson: Architect; his memoir House-Dreams; and most recently the very successful Houses of the Founding Fathers. He resides in upstate New York with his wife, writer Elizabeth Lawrence, and their two teenage daughters.
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