Playing it straight : art and humor in the Gilded Age /
Greenhill, Jennifer A.,1974-
Berkeley, Calif. ; London : University of California Press,
c2012.
"Ahmanson Murphy fine arts imprint"--P. [2].
Outgrowth of the author's thesis (Yale University, 2007) under the title: The plague of jocularity : contesting humor in American art and culture, 1863-1893.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Winslow Homer's visual deadpan -- Laughing with J.G. Brown, E.W. Perry, and Thomas Nast -- William Holbrook Beard burlesques the monster museum -- Cosmopolitan satire in Augustus Saint-Gaudens and Henry James -- Exchanging jokes with John Haberle.
Wit and humor in art.
National characteristics, American, in art.
Art, American
Art and society