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.

Bibliografische gegevens
Hoofdauteur: Katz, Wendy Jean (Auteur)
Formaat: Licensed eBooks
Taal:Engels
Gepubliceerd in: New York : Empire State Editions, an imprint of Fordham University Press 2020.
Editie:First edition.
Online toegang:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctvxrpzgg
Inhoudsopgave:
  • 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