| Description |
232 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm. |
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MFA highlights
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MFA highlights.
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| Note |
"American Painting features over one hundred masterworks dating from 1670 to 1960, by artists ranging from Copley, Stuart, Sargent, and Cassatt, to O'Keeffe, Hopper, and Pollock"--Front cover flap. |
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Other contributors: Erica E. Hirshler, Carol Troyen, Karen E. Quinn, Janet L. Comey, Ellen E. Roberts. |
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All illustrations from the Museum's collections. |
| Contents |
The independent spirit of American painting -- Colonial and Federal America : the rise of the new nation -- From the age of Jackson to the Civil War : forging a national style -- From the Civil War to the turn of the century : Americans at home and abroad -- The twentieth century : modern America. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-223) and index. |
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Painting, American -- European influences.
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Painting, American -- European influences. |
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Painting, American -- Themes, motives.
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Painting, American -- Themes, motives. |
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Painting, American. |
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Painting, American -- History.
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History. |
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. |
| Added Author |
Davis, Elliot Bostwick.
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Hirshler, Erica E.
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Troyen, Carol.
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
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| ISBN |
0878466606 |
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