The Italian Presence in American Art, 1860-1920

by Irma B. Jaffe

Like a magic potion, Italianita has seeped through the stream of American aesthetic consciousness ever since Benjamin West stepped onto Italian soil in 1760. The first period of this artistic phenomenon was investigated in The Italian Presence in American Art, 1760-1860 and the book at hand thus continues this intellectual exploration in its development during the following sixty years. Those decades between the Civil War and World War I brought to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823213420
• ISBN13: 9780823213429
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 265 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.2" x 11.2"