In this ambitious and imaginative study, Margaretta M. Lovell analyzes the large body of accomplished, sometimes startling, often brilliant work of American artists drawn to Venice's ragged splendor in the last century. Including major works by such diverse and talented painters as James McNeill Whistler, John Singer Sargent, and Maurice Prendergast, these richly varied paintings portray sleepy canals, architectural monuments, and scenes of picturesque everyday life while they also reveal surprising aspects of American ...
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In this ambitious and imaginative study, Margaretta M. Lovell analyzes the large body of accomplished, sometimes startling, often brilliant work of American artists drawn to Venice's ragged splendor in the last century. Including major works by such diverse and talented painters as James McNeill Whistler, John Singer Sargent, and Maurice Prendergast, these richly varied paintings portray sleepy canals, architectural monuments, and scenes of picturesque everyday life while they also reveal surprising aspects of American culture.
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1989 Lovell, Margaretta A VISITABLE PAST; VIEWS OF VENICE BY AMERICAN ARTISTS 1860-1915 Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, c1989 first printing 115pp text, index, color plates, black and white illustrations throughout the text 4to as new hardcover in as new d/j.
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Used; Very Good. Used; Very Good. Univ of Chicago Pr 1989 Hardcover. Text is clean and unmarked. Jacket has very light wear and is in a mylar protective cover. Book Condition; Very Good Jacket Condition; Very Good. 1989. HARDCOVER.
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Fine in Fine jacket. 4to., 115pp plus 8 additional pages of reproductions in rear. Beautiful First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped, though unpriced, dust-jacket is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. A gorgeous collectable copy.
