Colonial American Portraiture

by Wayne Craven

In this provocative study, the renowned art scholar Wayne Craven examines early American portraiture not just in terms of the genius of particular artists, but as a complex expression of society and the individual. Historians of American art have long identified the evolution of styles in early portraits; Professor Craven asks why those styles developed as they did, looking beyond the formal boundaries of traditional art history and studying the effect...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521320445
• ISBN13: 9780521320443
• Release Date: October 1986
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 3.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 8.6" x 10.9"