| The Representation of the Struggling Artist in America, 1800-1865 Contributor(s): Schneider, Erika (Author) |
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ISBN: 1611494125 ISBN-13: 9781611494129 Publisher: University of Delaware Press OUR PRICE: $95.04 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | History - General - Art | American - General - History | Modern - 19th Century |
| Dewey: 704.949 |
| LCCN: 2015000170 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6" W x 9" (0.95 lbs) 196 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Representation of the Struggling Artist in America, 1800-1865 analyzes how American painters, sculptors, and writers, active between 1800 and 1865, depicted their response to a democratic society that failed to adequately support them financially and intellectually. Without the traditional European forms of patronage from the church or the crown, American artists faced unsympathetic countrymen who were unaccustomed to playing the role of patron and less than generous in rewarding creativity. It was in this unrewarding landscape that American artists in the first half of the nineteenth century employed the "struggling" or "starving artist" image to satirize the country's lack of patronage and immortalize their own struggles. Through an examination of artists' journals, letters, and biographies as well as the development of art academies and exhibition venues, this study traces the evolution of a young nation that went from considering artists as mere craftsmen to recognizing them as important members of a civilized society. |