Citizen spectator : art, illusion, and visual perception in early national America

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"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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Main Author: Bellion, Wendy
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, 2011
Subjects:
Art and society > United States > History > 18th century.
Art and society > United States > History > 19th century.
Optical illusions in art.
Visual perception > Social aspects > United States > History > 18th century.
Visual perception > Social aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Theaters of visuality
  • The politics of discernment
  • Sight and the city
  • Imitations and originals
  • Looking for the invisible lady
  • Phantasmagoric Washington
  • Conclusion.

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