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001 2012029342
003 DLC
005 20120725173152.0
008 120723s2012 dcu c 000 0 eng
010 $a 2012029342
020 $a9780300187335 (hardback)
020 $a9780937311981 (soft cover)
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050 00 $aN6510$b.H37 2012
082 00 $a740.973/074753$223
084 $aART015100$aHIS036050$aART015020$aHIS036040$aART006000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aHarvey, Eleanor Jones.
245 14 $aThe Civil War and American art /$cEleanor Jones Harvey.
263 $a1211
264 1 $aWashington, DC :$bYale University Press,$c2012.
300 $apages cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
500 $aPublished in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name, on view at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C., from November 16, 2012 through April 28, 2013, and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, from May 21-September 2, 2013.
520 $a"The American Civil War was arguably the first modern war. Its grim reality, captured through the new medium of photography, was laid bare. American artists could not approach the conflict with the conventions of European history painting, which glamorized the hero on the battlefield. Instead, many artists found ways to weave the war into works of art that considered the human narrative--the daily experiences of soldiers, slaves, and families left behind. Artists and writers wrestled with the ambiguity and anxiety of the Civil War and used landscape imagery to give voice to their misgivings as well as their hopes for themselves and the nation.This important book looks at the range of artwork created before, during, and following the war, in the years between 1859 and 1876. Author Eleanor Jones Harvey examines the implications of the war on landscape and genre painting, history painting, and photography, as represented in some of the greatest masterpieces of 19th-century American art. The book features extensive quotations from men and women alive during the war years, alongside text by literary figures including Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain, and Walt Whitman, among many others"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aArt, American$y19th century$xThemes, motives$vExhibitions.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$vArt and the war$vExhibitions.
650 0 $aArt and society$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century$vExhibitions.
650 7 $aART / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945).$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877).$2bisacsh
650 7 $aART / American / General.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / United States / 19th Century.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aART / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General.$2bisacsh
710 2 $aSmithsonian American Art Museum.
710 2 $aMetropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)