Ashcan Art, Whiteness, and the Unspectacular Man

by Alexis L. Boylan

Book Overview

Arriving in New York City in the first decade of the twentieth century, six painters faced a visual culture that depicted the urban man as a diseased body under assault. Robert Henri, John Sloan, Everett Shinn, Glackens, George Luks, and George Bellows-subsequently known as the Ashcan Circle-countered this narrative, manipulating the bodies of construction workers, tramps, entertainers, and office workers to stand in visual opposition to popular,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501371819
• ISBN13: 9781501371813
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Visual Arts
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 9.1"