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020			_a9780300187335 (hardback)
020			_a9780937311981 (soft cover)
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050	0	0	_aN6510 _b.H37 2012
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100	1		_aHarvey, Eleanor Jones.
245	1	4	_aThe Civil War and American art / _cEleanor Jones Harvey.
264		1	_aWashington, D.C. : _bSmithsonian American Art Museum ; _aNew Haven, Connecticut : _bIn association with Yale University Press, _c[2012]
300			_axvii, 316 pages : _billustrations ; _c33 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
500			_aPublished in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name, on view at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C., from November 16, 2012 through April 28, 2013, and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, from May 21-September 2, 2013.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 274-293) and index.
520			_a"The American Civil War was arguably the first modern war. Its grim reality, captured through the new medium of photography, was laid bare. American artists could not approach the conflict with the conventions of European history painting, which glamorized the hero on the battlefield. Instead, many artists found ways to weave the war into works of art that considered the human narrative--the daily experiences of soldiers, slaves, and families left behind. Artists and writers wrestled with the ambiguity and anxiety of the Civil War and used landscape imagery to give voice to their misgivings as well as their hopes for themselves and the nation.This important book looks at the range of artwork created before, during, and following the war, in the years between 1859 and 1876. Author Eleanor Jones Harvey examines the implications of the war on landscape and genre painting, history painting, and photography, as represented in some of the greatest masterpieces of 19th-century American art. The book features extensive quotations from men and women alive during the war years, alongside text by literary figures including Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain, and Walt Whitman, among many others"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aArt, American _y19th century _xThemes, motives _vExhibitions.
651		0	_aUnited States _xHistory _yCivil War, 1861-1865 _vArt and the war _vExhibitions.
650		0	_aArt and society _zUnited States _xHistory _y19th century _vExhibitions.
710	2		_aSmithsonian American Art Museum.
710	2		_aMetropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
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