Representation of the Struggling Artist in America, 18001865

This book analyzes how American painters, sculptors, and writers, active between 1800 and 1865, depicted their response to a democratic society that failed to adequately support them financially and intellectually.

List of contents

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Chapters
Introduction: The Mythology of Privation
1.Political Beginnings:
"You Have Come A Great Way To Starve"
2.Man Enough:
"Beggars Are Not To Be Choosers"
3.Compromise:
"Paint For The Many, Not For The Few"
4.Respite Abroad:
"Though They Feed My Body . . . They Starve My Soul"
5.Reading between the Lines:
"American Patrons, Pshaw! American Critics, Bah!"
Conclusion
Bibliography

About the author

By Erika Schneider

Summary

This book analyzes how American painters, sculptors, and writers, active between 1800 and 1865, depicted their response to a democratic society that failed to adequately support them financially and intellectually.

Product details

• Authors: Erika Schneider, Schneider Erika
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.04.2015
• EAN: 9781611494129
• ISBN: 978-1-61149-412-9
• No. of pages: 196
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; USA, English, ART / History / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, ART / American / General, History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, History of Art, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, United States of America, USA