In this distinguished work, which Hilton Kramer in The New York Times Book Review called "surely the best book ever written on the subject," Barbara Novak illum

This book is a study of 19th-century American art within the context of French art as presented at the Paris Salons--annual exhibitions of contemporary art whic

A specifically American form of art emerged in the nineteenth century that was much more than just a reflection of European developments or stylistic trends. It