The Artist in American Society: The Formative Years

What was the place of the artist in a new society? How would he thrive where monarchy, aristocracy, and an established church--those traditional patrons of painting, sculpture, and architecture--were repudiated so vigorously? Neil Harris examines the relationships between American cultural values and American society during the formative years of American art and explores how conceptions of the artist's social role changed during those years.

• | Author: Neil Harris
• | Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• | Publication Date: Apr 15, 1982
• | Number of Pages: 448 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0226317544
• | ISBN-13: 9780226317540