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Citizen spectator : art, illusion, and visual perception in early national America / Wendy Bellion.

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"Investigates Americans' experiences with material forms of visual deception and argues that encounters with illusory art shaped their understanding of knowledge, representation, and subjectivity between 1790 and 1825. Focusing on the work of the well-known Peale family and their Philadelp...

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Main Author: Bellion, Wendy
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, [2011]
Subjects:
Art and society > United States > History > 18th century.
Art and society > United States > History > 19th century.
Optical illusions in art.
Visual perception > Social aspects > United States > History > 18th century.
Visual perception > Social aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
Art and society.
Visual perception > Social aspects.
United States.
History.

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Call Number: N72.S6 B395 2011eb
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