The Artist in American Society
The Formative Years

448 pages
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16 halftones
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5.50 x 8.50
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© 1966, 1982
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Table of Contents

Contents
Preface to the Phoenix Edition
Preface
1. To the Aid of Necessity
2. The Perils of Vision: Art, Luxury and Republicanism
3. The Burden of Portraiture
4. Professional Communities: Growing Pains
5. European Travel: The Immediate Experience
6. European Travel: From Perceptions to Conceptions
7. Art and Transcendentalism: Beauty and Self-Fulfillment
8. Crusades for Beauty
9. Artist Images: Types and Tensions
10. The Pattern of Artistic Community
11. Artists’ Dreams and European Realities
12. The Final Tribute
Selected Bibliography
Notes
Index
Preface
1. To the Aid of Necessity
2. The Perils of Vision: Art, Luxury and Republicanism
3. The Burden of Portraiture
4. Professional Communities: Growing Pains
5. European Travel: The Immediate Experience
6. European Travel: From Perceptions to Conceptions
7. Art and Transcendentalism: Beauty and Self-Fulfillment
8. Crusades for Beauty
9. Artist Images: Types and Tensions
10. The Pattern of Artistic Community
11. Artists’ Dreams and European Realities
12. The Final Tribute
Selected Bibliography
Notes
Index
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