Tropical Renaissance: North American Artists Exploring Latin America, 1839-1879 (New Directions in American Art)
by Manthorne, Katherine Emma
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- VG
- ISBN 10
- 0874747155
- ISBN 13
- 9780874747157
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About This Item
Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1989. Softcover. VG. Color illus. wraps with mylar cover; 235 pp.; 8 color, 100 bw plates. Chapter titles include [Latin America: Myth and Reality]: Myths and Mind Sets: Historical Preconceptions Attracting Travelers to Latin America; Art in The Context of United States-Latin America Relations From The Vantage Point of 1859. [Science and The Search For Origins]: Cataclysm and Creation: Church and The Question of Terrestrial Origins; "The Indians, Where From": The Archaeological Quest; The Organic World: Agassiz, Heade and Darwin's Challenge. [Romanticism and The Exotic South]: Louis Mignot and The Romance of The Tropics; The Syncretism of South and East: James Whistler in Chile. Appendix 1 lists biographies and itineraries of Artist-Travelers. Select Bibliography, index. A wonderful reference.
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- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 115820
- Title
- Tropical Renaissance: North American Artists Exploring Latin America, 1839-1879 (New Directions in American Art)
- Author
- Manthorne, Katherine Emma
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0874747155
- ISBN 13
- 9780874747157
- Publisher
- Smithsonian Institution Press
- Place of Publication
- Washington, DC
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- Landscape; American Painting; American Art; Exploration ; 19th Century American Art ; American Painting ; American Art
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