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Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness - Cooper, Helen A.; Butler, Jon; Freeman, Joanne B.; Lamar, Howard R.; Prown, Jules David; McCullough, David; Yale University Art Gallery - Yale University Press
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Sep 01, 2008
368 p., 11 1/2 x 9 3/4
65 b/w + 315 color illus.
ISBN: 9780300122893
ISBN-10: 0300122896
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Cloth: $75.00
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Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of HappinessAmerican Art from the Yale University Art Gallery
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Edited by Helen A. Cooper with Robin Jaffee Frank, Elisabeth Hodermarsky, and Patricia E. Kane, with the assistance of Amy Kurtz Lansing; Introduction by David McCullough; Essays by Jon Butler, Joanne B. Freeman, Howard R. Lamar, and Jules D. Prown
The American experience—from its colonial beginnings to the modern age—has captured the imagination of all Americans, including its artists. This richly illustrated book explores works from the renowned collections of American paintings, decorative arts, prints, and photographs at the Yale University Art Gallery and creates a vivid portrait of a young country defining itself culturally, politically, and geographically. Distinguished scholars shed new light on American history by examining some of the most familiar and revered objects in American art—paintings by Trumbull, Peale, Copley, Eakins, Church, and Homer; silver by Revere and Tiffany; furniture by Roux and Connelly; and photographs by Muybridge, among others. The authors discuss how issues of cultural heritage, patriotism, politics, and exploration shaped America’s art as well as its attitudes and traditions.
Helen A. Cooper is the Holcombe T. Green Curator of American Paintings and Sculpture at the Yale University Art Gallery. David McCullough, American historian and bestselling author, is a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award.
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