Mobility and Identity in US Genre Painting : Painting at the Threshold.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (179 pages)
- Routledge Research in Art History Series .
- Routledge Research in Art History Series .
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Mobility and Containment in Eastman Johnson's Genre Paintings -- 2 Mapping Enoch Wood Perry's Genre Scenes -- 3 Crossing Thresholds in Thomas Hovenden's Breaking Home Ties -- 4 Dislocation and Connection in John Sloan's Scenes of Urban Transport -- Conclusion -- Index.
This book examines the portrayal of themes of boundary crossing, itinerancy, relocation, and displacement in United States genre paintings during the second half of the long nineteenth century (ca. 1860-1910).