James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art

by David Park Curry

Book Overview

James McNeill Whistler was one of the most misinterpreted creative talents of his age. While devoted to the expression of the beautiful, he was among the first to recognize that popularized arts and commercialized leisure were complex, interrelated phenomena that made urban life "modern." Whistler's showmanship had far greater impact than countless imitations of his The White Girl and Portrait of the Painter's Mother might suggest. His purposeful...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393018474
• ISBN13: 9780393018479
• Release Date: January 1984
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 319 Pages
• Weight: 3.55 lbs.