About this title: American genre painting flourished in the thirty years before the Civil War, a period of rapid social change that followed the election of President Andrew Jackson. It has long been assumed that these paintings - of farmers, western boatmen and trappers, blacks both slave and free, middle-class women, urban urchins, and other everyday folk - served as records of an innocent age, reflecting a Jacksonian optimism and faith in the common man. In this book Elizabeth Johns presents a different interpretation - arguing that genre paintings had a social function that related in a more significant ...
read more
Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is described below.
Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Yale University Press, New Haven, CT
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780300057546ISBN:0300057547
Description: Fine. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. xvi, 250 pp., [16] pp. of plates, illus. (some col. ), bib. notes, index; 28 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. On 19th-century American genre painting, with precursors Alvan Fisher, Francis Guy, John L. Krimmel, and the more famous mid-19th-century practitioners such as William Sidney Mount, George Caleb Bingham, Richard Caton Woodville, and others. A major survey. Named most outstanding book in Arts, ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Yale University Press, New haven & London
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780300050196ISBN:0300050194
Description: First edition (hardback). 4to, xvii, 250pp. 25 colour plates, 55 text figures. Original burgundy cloth, dustwrapper. The book and the dustwrapper are in very good condition. ISBN 0300050194. read more
Binding: Softcover.
Publisher: Yale University Press, New Haven
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780300057546ISBN:0300057547
Description: VG. Johns presents a fresh look at the idea of why genre paintings were so popular, and what their social function might have been. Nice plates, 40 pages of explanatory notes at end, followed by index. Wraps. 250 pp. 25 color, 55 bw plates. read more
Description: Good. 0300057547 Good condition. May have some markings & or shelfwear. All pages intact. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
Description: New. 0300057547 Absolutely Brand New. No marks and in pristine condition. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Yale University Press
Date Published: 1993-07-28
ISBN-13:9780300057546ISBN:0300057547
Description: Good. Excellent customer service. May ship from alternate location depending on your zip code and availability. Satisfaction guaranteed! ! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Yale University Press
Date Published: 1991-12-25
ISBN-13:9780300050196ISBN:0300050194
Description: Good. Excellent customer service. May ship from alternate location depending on your zip code and availability. Satisfaction guaranteed! ! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780300050196ISBN:0300050194
Description: Ex-Library Published by Yale University Press in 1992. Dust jacket. Number of pages: 272. Condition: Good. Used book but in Good Condition for sensible price. Ex-library book (usual stamps and marks). Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Yale University Press, New Haven & London
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780300050196ISBN:0300050194
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Genre Painting Art Book. 11 1/4"h x 8 3/4"w. A book on the art 30 years before the Civil War offarmers, western boatmen, and trappers, blacks both slave and free, middle-class women, urbin urchins, and other everyday folk. 250 pages, 55 b/w illus. and 25 color plates. read more
We guarantee every item's condition, as described on Alibris. If you are not satisfied that an item is as described, return your purchase for a refund.
