Art work : women artists and democracy in mid-nineteenth-century New York /
April F. Masten.
- 1 online resource (328 pages) : illustrations.
- The arts and intellectual life in modern America .
- Arts and intellectual life in modern America. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages [259]-305) and index.
Introduction : "American Louvre" -- Democratic proclivities -- "The unity of art" -- "Art fever" -- "Harrahed for the Union" -- "Laborers in the field of the beautiful" -- "An easier and surer path" -- "A combination of adverse circumstances".
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Women artists--Social conditions.--New York (State)--New York Women artists--Economic conditions.--New York (State)--New York Art and society--History--New York (State)--New York--19th century.