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Copley's Cargo.
- Source :
- American Art; Summer2007, Vol. 21 Issue 2, p20-41, 22p, 4 Color Photographs, 12 Black and White Photographs
- Publication Year :
- 2007
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Abstract
- The article examines John Singleton Copley's Henry Pelham, Boy With a Squirrel, in transit and its role in the development of eighteenth-century art and material culture in the U.S. Many discussions of the painting have used its largely positive reception overseas to establish and legitimate the protonationalist roots of a homegrown American empiricism. As befits its singular status, the painting diverges significantly in compositional terms from Copley's earlier work.
- Subjects :
- PAINTING
AMERICAN art
MATERIAL culture
ART history
EMPIRICISM
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10739300
- Volume :
- 21
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- American Art
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 26002920
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1086/521888