Citizen Spectator: Art, Illusion, and Visual Perception in Early National America (Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and ... and the University of North Carolina Press)
By Wendy Bellion.
Description
In this richly illustrated study, the first book-length exploration of illusionistic art in the early United States, Wendy Bellion investigates Americans' experiences with material forms of visual deception and argues that encounters with illusory art shaped their understanding of knowledge, representation, and subjectivity between 1790 and 1825. Focusing on the work of the well-known Peale family and their Philadelphia Museum, as well as other Philadelphians, Bellion explores the range of illusions encountered in public spaces, from trompe l'oeil paintings and drawings at art exh...
ISBN(s)
0807833886, 9780807833889
