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| American Symbolist Art: Nineteenth-Century "Poets in Paint" Washington Allston, John la Farge, William Rimmer, George Inness, and Albert Pinkham Ryder | | | Author: | Diane Johnson | | ISBN: | 0773464107 | | Format: | Handover | | Publish Date: | June, 2005 | | |  |  |  | | | | | | | Book Review | | | | American Symbolist Art: Nineteenth-Century "Poets in Paint" Washington Allston, John la Farge, William Rimmer, George Inness, and Albert Pinkham Ryder SYNOPSIS Johnson (modern European/American art, College of Charleston, South Carolina) examines the European roots of the U.S. Symbolist art movement and previous unsuccessful attempts to offer an antidote to the prevailing realism (e.g. of the Hudson River school). A chapter each is devoted to the careers and subjective aesthetics of Allston, La Farge, Rimmer, Inness, and Ryder. Their artwork is featured in a dozen color plates and other illustrations. The volume lacks a subject index. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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