Humbug! - The Politics of Art Criticism in New York City''s Penny Press

Mines the more than 300 newspapers published in New York City before the Civil War for art criticism, in order to trace the changing political positions of artists, artworks, and authors.

List of contents

List of Illustrations | vii

Introduction: The Penny Press | 1

1 The Aristocracy of Art and Bennett's Herald | 25

2 Artists, Their Agents, and Press Manipulation | 58

3 Old Masters versus Young America | 91

4 The Penny Press's Utopian Alternative | 124

5 The Genteel and the Bohemian | 156

6 Rearing Statues amid Gothic Spires | 188

Conclusion: Art and Politics | 227

Acknowledgments | 237

Notes | 239

Index | 291

About the author

Wendy Katz is Professor of Art History at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The most recent of her books are Humbug! The Politics of Art Criticism in New York City's Penny Press (Fordham University Press) and The Trans Mississippi and International Exposition of 1898: Art, Anthropology, and Popular Culture at the Fin de Siècle.

Summary

Mines the more than 300 newspapers published in New York City before the Civil War for art criticism, in order to trace the changing political positions of artists, artworks, and authors.

Product details

• Authors: Wendy Jean Katz
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9780823285389
• ISBN: 978-0-8232-8538-9
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous