Measure and Design in American Painting, 1760-1860

Measure and Design in American Painting, 1760-1860

by Lisa Fellows Andrus
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 30/11/2018

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First published in 1977. The purpose of this study is to locate the sources for the American style of painting characterised by measure and design – the representation of the specific and familiar according to principles of pictorial order. The reader shall see that there were a variety of conventions available to the artist and that his selection of one or another of them depended upon pragmatic, philosophical, and aesthetic considerations.

ISBN:
9780429772719
9780429772719
Category:
General & world history
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
30-11-2018
Language:
English
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis

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