Citizen spectator : art, illusion, and visual perception in early national America /
"Investigates Americans' experiences with material forms of visual deception and argues that encounters with illusory art shaped their understanding of knowledge, representation, and subjectivity between 1790 and 1825. Focusing on the work of the well-known Peale family and their Philadelp...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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University of North Carolina Press : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture,
2011
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | "Investigates Americans' experiences with material forms of visual deception and argues that encounters with illusory art shaped their understanding of knowledge, representation, and subjectivity between 1790 and 1825. Focusing on the work of the well-known Peale family and their Philadelphia Museum, as well as other Philadelphians, Bellion explores the range of illusions encountered in public spaces, from trompe l'oeil paintings and drawings at art exhibitions to ephemeral displays of phantasmagoria, 'Invisible Ladies, ' and other spectacles of deception."--Publisher description |
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| Item Description: | Outgrowth of the author's thesis (Northwestern University). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 351 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781469600437 1469600439 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
