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Thomas Hovenden : His Life and Art.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2006Copyright date: ©2006Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (293 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780812208870
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Thomas HovendenDDC classification:
  • 759.13 B
LOC classification:
  • ND237.H777 -- T47 2006eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Publisher's Note -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword -- Chapter 1. Becoming an Artist -- Chapter 2. From "Picturesque" Brittany to Paris: Painting Courage and Romance in History and Legend -- Chapter 3. "What Shall American Artists Paint?" -- Chapter 4. Painting the "Good Ole Times": Scenes of African American Life -- Chapter 5. Images to "Appeal to the National Mind" -- Chapter 6. Home Life: Center of "Our Joys or Sorrows" -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- Q -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
Summary: This first full-length study fosters a greater understanding of Hovenden's gifts as a painter and of his stylistic contribution to art. Chronologically organized, it is both a retrospective of Hovenden's work and a critical biography of the artist.
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Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Publisher's Note -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword -- Chapter 1. Becoming an Artist -- Chapter 2. From "Picturesque" Brittany to Paris: Painting Courage and Romance in History and Legend -- Chapter 3. "What Shall American Artists Paint?" -- Chapter 4. Painting the "Good Ole Times": Scenes of African American Life -- Chapter 5. Images to "Appeal to the National Mind" -- Chapter 6. Home Life: Center of "Our Joys or Sorrows" -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- Q -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

This first full-length study fosters a greater understanding of Hovenden's gifts as a painter and of his stylistic contribution to art. Chronologically organized, it is both a retrospective of Hovenden's work and a critical biography of the artist.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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