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Indlæser... Angels and Tomboys: Girlhood in Nineteenth-Century American Art (udgave 2012)af Holly Pyne Connor (Forfatter), Sarah Burns (Forfatter), Barbara Dayer Gallati (Forfatter), Lauren Lessing (Forfatter)
Work InformationAngels and Tomboys: Girlhood in Nineteenth-Century American Art af Holly Pyne Connor
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"Explores the myriad ways artists portrayed young girls, from the sentimental, innocent stereotype to the freespirited individual. Works by John Singer Sargent, Winslow Homer, and Thomas Eakins, together with those by leading women artists, such as Cecilia Beaux and Mary Cassatt, reveal a new, provocative psychological element not found in early Victorian portraiture, while the mischievous tomboys in Lilly Martin Spencer's paintings and the pure angels in the works of Abbot Handerson Thayer underscore the complexity of girlhood--and of representing that evanescent phase. Essays ... consider the historical, social, and literary contexts of the artworks, drawing on sources as varied as etiquette books, poems, censuses, and the histories of medicine and economics. With more than 130 illustrations--including paintings, sculptures, prints, and photographs ..."--Publisher description. No library descriptions found. |
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