American Icons

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American Icons is written by Thomas Gaehtgens and published by Getty Publications. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0892362464 (ISBN 10) and 9780892362462 (ISBN 13).

American painters and graphic artists of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries sought inspiration for their work in the uniquely American experience of history and nature. The result was a transformation of the conventional Old World visual language into an indigenous and populist New World syntax. The twelve essays in this volume explore the development of a frontier mythology, a democratic style depicting common people and objects, and an American artistic consciousness and identity. Conceived and written from the perspectives of both cultural and art historians, American Icons initiates an interdisciplinary discussion on the complex relationships between American and European art.