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 informe...
| Main Author: | Orcutt, Kimberly (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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University Park, Pennsylvania :
The Pennsylvania State University Press,
[2017]
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Table of Contents:
- 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.