Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness : American art from the Yale University art gallery / introduction by David McCullough ; essays by Jon Butler [and others] ; exhibition and catalogue organized by Helen A. Cooper [and others].
Published / Created:
New Haven : Yale University Art Gallery in association with Yale University Press, 2008.
Physical Description:
xv, 368 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 x 31 cm
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Related Content:
Table of contents
http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0712/2007008833.html
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Yale University Art Gallery and other venues.
Contents:
An introduction / David McCullough -- American art history: the development of a discipline / Jules David Prown -- Section I: Expressions of heritage. The artistic creation of American heritage / Jon Butler ; Catalogue entries: Religious diversity, Converging cultures -- Section II: Citizenship and democracy. America coming of age / Joanne B. Freeman ; Catalogue entries: The making of a nation, Class, race, and conflict -- Section III: Cultural and material aspirations. A changing America and the emergence of a modern democratic nation / Howard R. Lamar ; Catalogue entries: Ambition and display, Education and discovery, Changing landscape and the rise of industry, Transportation and moving west, The gilded age.
Subject Terms:
Art, American -- Exhibitions. | History in art -- Exhibitions. | United States -- In art -- Exhibitions. | United States -- History -- Exhibitions. | Art, American. | History in art. | United States. | Kunst | Kunsthandwerk | USA. | Konst -- historia -- utställningar. | Förenta staterna -- i konsten.
Form/Genre:
Exhibition catalogs. | History. | Ausstellung. | Louisville (Ky., 2008) | Exhibition catalogs. | In art.
Contributors:
McCullough, David G. | Butler, Jon, 1940– | Cooper, Helen A.