Brushes With History: Art Of The Nation: 1865-2001; Editor: Meyer, Peter G.; Introduction: Danto, Arthur C.; Paperback

Editor: Meyer, Peter G.; Introduction: Danto, Arthur C.
Paperback
380 pages
Published: April 2002
Thunder's Mouth Press
ISBN: 1560253290
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The Nation magazine, since its founding in 1865, began what has become, for better or worse, art criticism as a cultural institution in the United States.This eclectic collection features contributors like Christopher Hitchens on degenerate art, Heywood Broun on the Artists Congress of 1936, Katherine Anne Porter on children's art, Marianne Moore on the death of Nation art critic Paul Rosenfeld, and Langston Hughes on Negro Art.This eclectic collection features contributors like Christopher Hitchens, Heywood Broun, Katherine Anne Porter, Marianne Moore and Langston Hughes. The period of time represented here is a long one, beginning with an unsigned piece published in 1865, about PT. Barnum's American Museum. The pithy, opinionated pieces that follow are arranged chronologically and include work from Bernard Berenson, Clement Greenberg, Henry James, Katherine Anne Por