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LEADER: 01746nam a22003018a 4500
001 2011020676
003 DLC
005 20110517154204.0
008 110516s2012 pau b s001 0 eng
010 $a 2011020676
020 $a9780271050324 (cloth : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
042 $apcc
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050 00 $aND1441.5$b.W54 2012
082 00 $a758/.9973$223
100 1 $aWierich, Jochen.
245 10 $aGrand themes :$bEmanuel Leutze, Washington crossing the Delaware, and American history painting /$cJochen Wierich.
246 30 $aEmanuel Leutze, Washington crossing the Delaware, and American history painting
260 $aUniversity Park, Pa. :$bPennsylvania State University Press,$c2012.
263 $a1201
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction. The look of history -- The revolt against the grande machine : Emanuel Leutze at the Metropolitan Fair -- Leutze's Storming of the Teocalli : historical struggle and the middle class -- A republican court for the American people -- Painting for the Union : Lilly Martin Spencer's War spirit at home -- Eastman Johnson : low life and "high art" -- Conclusion. History painting and the Centennial.
520 $a"Explores history painting in the United States during the middle decades of the nineteenth century, as exemplified by Emanuel Leutze's Washington Crossing the Delaware (1851). Includes the work of artists such as Daniel Huntington, Lilly Martin Spencer, and Eastman Johnson"--Provided by publisher.
650 0 $aHistory in art.
650 0 $aNarrative painting, American$y19th century$xThemes, motives.
600 10 $aLeutze, Emanuel,$d1816-1868.$tWashington crossing the Delaware.