书目

The Great American Hall of Wonders: Art, Science and Invention in the Nineteenth Century

内容简介

TheGreatAmericanHallofWondersisavividlyillustratedsurveyoftheAmericaningenuitythatenergisedallaspectsof19th-centurysociety,fromthepaintingoflandscapesandscenesofeverydaylife,totheplanningofscientificexpeditionsandthedevelopmentofnewmechanicaldevices.ItfocusesonsixiconicobjectsthatinspiredtheAmericanimagination:thebuffalo,thegiantsequoia,andNiagaraFalls(symbolisingvastnaturalbounty),andthegun,therailroad,andtheclock(representingallthingsmechanicalandthepurposefuluseoftime).Eachoftheseservedasculturallightningrods,sparkingcreativityacrossawideswatheofAmericansociety.Visionsofbuffaloherds,railroadtrestles,enormoustrees,andWinchesterriflesengagednotonlyartists,scientists,andinventors,butalsopoets,educators,farmers,chaplains,andmembersofCongress.ThisnewbookisastunningtributetothepioneeringandinventingspiritthatsymbolizesAmerica.

作者简介

ClairePerryisaguestcuratorattheSmithsonianAmericanArtMuseum,andherworkfocusesontheartandculturalhistoryoftheUnitedStatesinthenineteenthcentury.BeforeworkingfortheSmithsonian,PerryservedascuratorofAmericanartattheCantorCenterforVisualArtsatStanfordUniversity.SheistheauthorofYoungAmerica:ChildhoodinNineteenth-centuryArt(2005)andCulturePacificArcadia:ImagesofCalifornia,1600-1915(1999).

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