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Citizen spectator : art, illusion, and visual perception in early national America
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- Creator
- Wendy Bellion
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press ; Williamsburg, Va. : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, [2011]
- ©2011
- Physical Details
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- xviii, 351 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 0807833886, 9780807833889, 9781469600437, 1469600439
- OCLC
- ocn861793356, ocn640132952
- Outgrowth of the author's thesis (Northwestern University).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Theaters of visuality -- The politics of discernment -- Sight and the city -- Imitations and originals -- Looking for the invisible lady -- Phantasmagoric Washington
Subjects
- Art and society -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
- Art and society -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
- Optical illusions in art.
- Visual perception -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
- Visual perception -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century.