American iconology
Subtitle: new approaches to nineteenth-century art and literature
By: edited by David C. Miller.
Contributors: Miller, David C. 1951-
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
Subjects: Art and literature -- United States; Arts, American -- 19th century; Ut pictura poesis (Aesthetics)
Description: This overview of the "sister arts" of the nineteenth century by younger scholars in art history, literature, and American studies presents a startling array of perspectives on the fundamental role played by images in culture and society. Drawing on the latest thinking about vision and visuality as well as on recent developments in literary theory and cultural studies, the contributors situate paintings, sculpture, monument art, and literary images within a variety of cultural contexts.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.