American Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part I

by Franklin Kelly, Nicolai Cikovsky Jr., Deborah Chotner

In the age of Charles Darwin and John Ruskin, nineteenth-century American artists sought to imitate the truths of nature. Works such as Albert Bierstadt's Lake Lucerne, Frederic Edwin Church's Morning in the Tropics, Thomas Cole's Voyage of Life series, and Asher B. Durand's Forest in the Morning Light are examples of the certainty of vision and faith in the nation's destiny that prevailed during this period of great...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0894682156
• ISBN13: 9780894682155
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 472 Pages
• Weight: 5.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 9.8" x 11.3"