A History of American Tonalism, 1880-1920: Crucible of American Modernism

by David A. Cleveland

This magnificent volume, featuring more than 750 illustrations, is the first definitive account of the Tonalist movement. Based on original research, it tells how the progressive Tonalist landscape dethroned the Hudson River School in the late 1870s and remained the dominant school in American art until World War I. More provocatively, it also argues that Tonalism gave rise to American modernism, laying the groundwork for the artists of the Stieglitz...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0789214113
• ISBN13: 9780789214119
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Abbeville Press
• Length: 704 Pages
• Weight: 9.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.3" x 9.4" x 12.3"