Haunted Visions: Spiritualism and American Art

by Charles Colbert

Spiritualism emerged in western New York in 1848 and soon achieved a wide following due to its claim that the living could commune with the dead. In Haunted Visions: Spiritualism and American Art, Charles Colbert focuses on the ways Spiritualism imbued the making and viewing of art with religious meaning and, in doing so, draws fascinating connections between art and faith in the Victorian age.

Examining the work of such well-known...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812243250
• ISBN13: 9780812243253
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 8.9"