REDRAWING BOUNDARIES by Peter H. Hassrick ( 9780914738558 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

REDRAWING BOUNDARIES
PERSPECTIVES ON WESTERN AMERICAN ART

By:

Peter H. Hassrick

Format:

Paperback

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£17.99

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£15.29

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ISBN 10:

0914738550

ISBN 13:

9780914738558

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Publisher:

DENVER ART MUSEUM

Pub. date:

28 February, 2007

Series:

Western Passages S.

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Description:

A substantial contribution to American art history. Six writers on art and popular culture survey the western art in the twenty-first century, tracing its boundaries in the areas of aesthetics and national identity. Their observations support an emerging history of western art that places it in a social, psychological, and political context.

Synopsis:

Memorial to a passing era? Mistress to history? Illustration of popular legend? Where is the art in traditional narrative western art? Is it kitsch or kunst? Six writers on art and popular culture survey the terrain of western art in the twenty-first century, tracing and refining its boundaries in the areas of aesthetics and national identity. Their sharp-eyed observations support a newly emerging history of western art that places it in a social, psychological, and politicalas well as aestheticcontext. The result is a refreshing, vigorous, and substantial contribution in America art history.

Illustrations:

90 color illus.

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Imprint:

Denver Art Museum

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