  "The most important contribution to the understanding of Nineteenth-Century American art that has been written in our generation" John I.H.Baur, Whitney Museum of American Art.CONTENTS:PART ONEI. Introduction: The Nationalist Garden and the Holy BookII. Grand Opera and the Still Small Voice III.Sound and Silence: Changing Concepts of the Sublime PART TWOIV. The Geological Timetable: RocksV. The Meterogical Vision: Clouds VI. The Organic Foreground: Plants PART THREEVII. The Primal Vision: ExpeditionsVIII. Man's Traces: Axe, Train, Figure PART FOURIX. Arcady Revisited: Americans in ItalyX. America and Europe: Influence and Affinity Notes |
