An edition of Looking Askance (2004)

Looking askance

skepticism and American art from Eakins to Duchamp

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An edition of Looking Askance (2004)

Looking askance

skepticism and American art from Eakins to Duchamp

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"Looking Askance offers a new paradigm for understanding American visual culture, from the art of Thomas Eakins, William Harnett, and Marcel Duchamp to such fascinating historical episodes as the trial of spirit photographer William Mumler, scientist Helen Abbott's interpretation of Monet's Impressionism, the myriad illusions featured at the Buffalo World's Fair of 1901, and William James's analysis of automatic drawing. Leja traces the roots of skeptical seeing in the culture of modernity and in national values of entrepreneurship, invention, competition, and unregulated marketing." "This original book shows how "looking askance" has shaped American visual culture from the mid-nineteenth century to our own time."--BOOK JACKET.

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University of California Press
Language
English
Pages
300

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Subjects

American Art, Optical illusions in art, Art and society, Psychological aspects, Visual perception, Psychological aspects of Visual perception, Art, american

Places

United States

Times

19th century, 20th century
Edition Availability
Cover of: Looking Askance
Looking Askance: Skepticism and American Art from Eakins to Duchamp
March 28, 2007, University of California Press
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Cover of: Looking askance
Looking askance: skepticism and American art from Eakins to Duchamp
2004, University of California Press
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Cover of: Looking Askance
Looking Askance: Skepticism and American Art from Eakins to Duchamp
October 4, 2004, University of California Press
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Table of Contents

Introduction: looking askance
Mumler's fraudulent photographs
Eakins's reality effects
Impressionism and nature's deceptions
Touching pictures by William Harnett
Buffalo's illusions
The self's deceptions
Humbugs for highbrows: Duchamp's readymades in New York
Notes.

Edition Notes

"Ahmanson Murphy fine arts imprint"--Prelim. p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-287) and index.

Published in
Berkeley

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
709/.73
Library of Congress
N7430.5 .L44 2004

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Pagination
xiii, 300 p., 24 p. of plates :
Number of pages
300

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OL17623252M
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0520238079
LCCN
2003022760
OCLC/WorldCat
53253986
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1303891
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579079

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OL4304900W

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