Charles Colbert

Haunted Visions

Spiritualism and American Art

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Produktbeschreibung

Examining the work of well-known American artists such as James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Frederic Remington, and Mary Cassatt, Charles Colbert demonstrates that Spiritualism played a critical role in the reception of art and the development of modern ways of seeing it.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Juni 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 160mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 680g
• ISBN-13: 9780812243253
• ISBN-10: 0812243250
• Artikelnr.: 33081095

Autorenporträt

Charles Colbert teaches American art history at Portland State University. He is the author of A Measure of Perfection: Phrenology and the Fine Arts in America.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Introduction: The History and Teachings of Spiritualism
Chapter 1. Who Speaks for the Dead?
Chapter 2. Reenchanting America
Chapter 3. Revelations by Daylight
Chapter 4. Ghostly Gloamings
Chapter 5. Land of Promise
Chapter 6. Romantic Conjurations
Chapter 7. The Critic as Psychic
Chapter 8. Lessons in Clairvoyance
Postscript
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments