Classic Ground
Subtitle: Mid-nineteenth-century American Painting And The Italian Encounter
Publisher: Georgia Museum of Art
Published: October 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 124
ISBN-13: 9780915977543
Subjects: Painting, American; United States; In art; Art & Art Instruction; Travel; Art; Subjects & Themes - General; Italy; General; 19th century; Artists
First sentence: IN HIS BOOK THE DREAM OF ARCADIA, VAN WYCK BROOKS noted that, in the mid-nineteenth century, "a Roman winter became 'the fashion'"1 and that Italy became a popular site for many American tourists and artists.