American Iconology: New Approaches to Nineteenth-Century Art and Literature
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ISBN: 0300054785 / Publisher: Yale University Press, September 1993
This overview of the "sister arts" of the nineteenth century by younger scholars in art history, lit...
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This overview of the "sister arts" of the nineteenth century by younger scholars in art history, literature, and American studies presents a startling array of perspectives on the fundamental role played by images in culture and society. Drawing on the latest thinking about vision and visuality as well as on recent developments in literary theory and cultural studies, the contributors situate paintings, sculpture, monument art, and literary images within a variety of cultural contexts.
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