A Short History of Painting in America

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Bv E. P. ruci IARDSON Dircctor of The Henry Franc is du Pont Winti>rthur Museum [llustrated irith approrimatcltf l~>0 halj' foiKs and í cohr plairs. When E. P. Richardson's fainting in america was first, published in 1956, it reeeived sueh plaudits as: ". . . not only a monument of scholarship, but an enduring work in the criticism of art." the new yokk times ". . . in a brief review one cannot cven begin to survey its contents, but only to suggest its quality of uniqueness and flavór." new york herald tribüné Now tliis famous definitive work has been produced in a condensed version, maintaiiiing, however, all the outstanding quality of the originál book. a short history of fainting in america (continucd on ha eh flap) Jacket design by Sliirlcy Sniith
(continued f rom f ront flap) differs from its parent volume in three major ways: it has been telescoped about forty per cent, chiefly through the elimination of material on minor figures-all principal faets and ideas have been... Tovább

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Bv E. P. ruci IARDSON Dircctor of The Henry Franc is du Pont Winti>rthur Museum [llustrated irith approrimatcltf l~>0 halj' foiKs and í cohr plairs. When E. P. Richardson's fainting in america was first, published in 1956, it reeeived sueh plaudits as: ". . . not only a monument of scholarship, but an enduring work in the criticism of art." the new yokk times ". . . in a brief review one cannot cven begin to survey its contents, but only to suggest its quality of uniqueness and flavór." new york herald tribüné Now tliis famous definitive work has been produced in a condensed version, maintaiiiing, however, all the outstanding quality of the originál book. a short history of fainting in america (continucd on ha eh flap) Jacket design by Sliirlcy Sniith
(continued f rom f ront flap) differs from its parent volume in three major ways: it has been telescoped about forty per cent, chiefly through the elimination of material on minor figures-all principal faets and ideas have been retained; it has been revised and brought up to date; and there is a fine new chapter 011 recent painting in America. a short history of painting in america covers all the major American painters and important paintings. It includes numerous biographical sketches of artists' lives and expertly traces trends, schools, and influences. Finally, it discusses the development of American painting with in the framework of Western art as a whole art, emphasizing, nowever, its nature as a complex, manysided, and truly national art. This readable and up-to-date history of American painting is wfitten with sound scholarship and artistic taste. a short history op painting in america is as suitable for the generál inquiring reader as it is for the speciálist in art. Vissza