description: In this enlightening book Elizabeth Johns presents a different interpretation-arguing that genre paintings had a social function that related in a more significant and less idealistic way to the political and cultural life of the time.
title: American Genre Painting: The Politics of Everyday Life
titlecomplete: American Genre Painting: The Politics of Everyday Life
genres: Art History, Art
ratings_count: 13
awards: awardedAt: 662716800000
name: PROSE Award
category: Art, Literature & Language
publisher: Yale University Press