Power & posterity American art at Philadelphia's 1876 Centennial Exhibition

"A milestone in American cultural history, the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia was one of the most broadly shared, heavily attended, and thoroughly documented public experiences of the nineteenth century. Power and Posterity illuminates how the art featured in the celebration informed and...

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Main Author: Orcutt, Kimberly (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2017]
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520 |a "A milestone in American cultural history, the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia was one of the most broadly shared, heavily attended, and thoroughly documented public experiences of the nineteenth century. Power and Posterity illuminates how the art featured in the celebration informed and reflected national debates over the country's identity and its role in the world. The Centennial's fine arts display, which included both a government-sanctioned selection of American works and significant contributions from sixteen other countries, spurred a transformation in the American art world. Drawing from official records, published criticism, guidebooks, poems, and satire, Kimberly Orcutt provides a nuanced, in-depth study of the exhibition. She considers the circumstances of the artworks' creation, the ideological positions expressed through their installation, and the responses of critics, collectors, and the general public as they evolved from antebellum nationalism to a postwar cosmopolitanism in which artists and collectors took the international stage. Orcutt reveals how the fair democratized the fine arts, gave art criticism newfound reach and authority, and led art museums to proliferate across the country."--Publisher's description. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-252) and index. 
505 0 |a Introduction : writing history : a national reckoning in Fairmount Park -- Confrontation in Philadelphia : artists create a canon of American art -- The American art exhibition : arguments on the walls -- Experiencing the nation's first blockbuster exhibition -- Critics' responses : American progress and imaginary exhibitions -- The foreign exhibitors and the American "taste test" -- The collectors' riposte : the New York centennial loan exhibition -- Conclusion : rewriting history : the awards controversy and the afterlives of the centennial exhibition. 
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