The West as America : reinterpreting images of the frontier, 1820-1920
1991
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With a text as fascinating as the beautifully reproduced illustrations (221 in b&w, 109 in color), this welcome volume reveals how the record of conquest was revised by artists to correspond to a national ideology favoring westward expansion, by building into their images of the expanding frontier a relentless optimism. 9<3/4>x9<3/4>". Annotation c.
Main title:
The West as America : reinterpreting images of the frontier, 1820-1920 / edited by William H. Truettner ; with contributions by Nancy K. Anderson ... [et al.].
Imprint:
Washington ; London : Published for the National Museum of American Art by the Smithsonian Institution Press, c1991.
Collation:
xiv, 389 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Notes:
"Published on the occasion of the exhibition ... organized by the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-379) and index.
ISBN:
97815609802309781560980247 (pbk)
Dewey class:
978.02759.13
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2160207