Humbug! : the politics of art criticism in New York City's penny press /

Mines the more than 300 newspapers published in New York City before the Civil War for art criticism, in order to trace the changing political positions of artists, artworks, and authors.

Bibliografiske detaljer
Hovedforfatter: Katz, Wendy Jean (Author)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Sprog:engelsk
Udgivet: New York : Empire State Editions, an imprint of Fordham University Press 2020.
Udgivelse:First edition.
Online adgang:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctvxrpzgg
Indholdsfortegnelse:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Introduction: The Penny Press
  • 1 The Aristocracy of Art and Bennett's Herald
  • 2 Artists, Their Agents, and Press Manipulation
  • 3 Old Masters versus Young America
  • 4 The Penny Press's Utopian Alternative
  • 5 The Genteel and the Bohemian
  • 6 Rearing Statues amid Gothic Spires
  • Conclusion: Art and Politics
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Index