Toward a National Taste : : America's Quest for Aesthetic Independence / / J. Meredith Neil.

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Hawaii Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
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Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2021]
©1975
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (416 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. Democratic Definitions
  • 2. The Arts and Civilization
  • 3. The Artist as Patriotic Leader
  • 4. Sculpture and the Tyranny of the Greeks
  • 5. Painting and Engraving: Moralistic Neoclassicism Embattled
  • 6. Architecture and Interior Decorating: "Elegance and Convenience"
  • 7. Music and Dancing: The Rise of Genteel Romanticism
  • 8. American Town and Country: Regularity, Rural Felicity, and "a Degree of Wildness"
  • 9. From the Grand Tourist to the Romantic Traveler
  • 10. Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index