American Genre Painting: The Politics of Everyday Life
by Johns, Elizabeth
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- Condition
- G+ Front cover torn at bottom of spine. Wear to wrap and page corners. Slight tanning to page edges. Otherwise clean and tight.
- ISBN 10
- 0300050194
- ISBN 13
- 9780300050196
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1991. Softcover. G+ Front cover torn at bottom of spine. Wear to wrap and page corners. Slight tanning to page edges. Otherwise clean and tight.. Tan wraps with color illustration and red lettering. 250 pp. 25 color, 55 bw plates. Johns presents a fresh look at the idea of why genre paintings were so popular, and what their social function might have been. Nice plates, 40 pages of explanatory notes at end, followed by index.
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- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 165049
- Title
- American Genre Painting: The Politics of Everyday Life
- Author
- Johns, Elizabeth
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - G+ Front cover torn at bottom of spine. Wear to wrap and page corners. Slight tanning to page edges. Otherwise clean and tight.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0300050194
- ISBN 13
- 9780300050196
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Haven
- Date Published
- 1991
- Keywords
- American Art; Art Reference; Genre Painting; Still-Life Painting ; Genre Painting ; Art Reference ; Genre Painting
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