Picturing Old New England: Image and Memory [art/paintings/Maine/Vermont/Connecticut/New Hampshire/Rhode Island/Mass.]

William H. Truettner; Roger Stein

Published by Yale University Press/Smithsonian, 1999

About this Item

9 1/2" x 12 1/4", 240 pp., blue cloth with debossed gilt titling to front board and spine, in illustrated dustjacket. This copy in Fine condition with a jacket that is about Near Fine (see photo enlarged): a few tiny impressions on front panel, light rubbing overall; otherwise excellent. A handsome copy. "This beautiful book examines images of Old New England created between 1865 and 1945, demonstrating how these images encoded the values of age and tradition to a nation facing complex cultural issues during the period. They show that paintings of the Revolutionary War, of harvest scenes, or of genteel old New England towns served, for example, to provide reassurance to urban dwellers after the Civil War, to counteract the effects of modernism, and to encourage a sense of community during the Depression. They also examine paintings of coastal New England and favorite haunts of tourists and artists such as Winslow Homer and Marsden Hartley." - publisher. Seller Inventory # 03320

Bibliographic Details

Title: Picturing Old New England: Image and Memory ...

Publisher: Yale University Press/Smithsonian

Publication Date: 1999

Binding: Oversized Hardcover

Condition: Fine