Meadows of Memory: Images of Time and Tradition in American Art and Culture

by Michael Kammen

Book Overview

"History painting," for many people, conjures up Washington Crossing the Delaware and other paintings of heroic historical events. But history has made its way into considerably more American art than such obvious examples, in the view of Michael Kammen. In three thought-provoking and innovative essays, Kammen ranges from the Renaissance to the twentieth century, from central Europe to the western United States, and from elegant oil painting to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292742320
• ISBN13: 9780292742321
• Release Date: May 1992
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"