The Great river : art & society of the Connecticut Valley, 1635-1820.

Title & Author:

The Great river : art & society of the Connecticut Valley, 1635-1820.

Publication:

Description:

xvii, 524 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 30 cm

Notes:
Pub. in conjunction with an exhibition at the Wadsworth Atheneum, Sept. 22, 1985-Jan. 6, 1986.
Project director: William N. Hosley.
Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut, 22 September 1985 - 6 January 1986.
Edited by Gerald W. R. Ward and William N. Hosley, Jr.
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction / William N. Hosley, Jr. -- Interpretive essays -- The landscape and environment of the Connecticut River Valley / Thomas R. Lewis -- From wilderness to arcadian vale: material life in the Connecticut River Valley, 1635-1760 / Kevin M. Sweeney -- Artifacts of regional consciousness in the Connecticut River Valley, 1700-1780 / Robert Blair St. George -- Regional culture in a revolutionary era: the Connecticut Valley, 1760-1820 -- Catalogue of the exhibition -- Architecture / William N. Hosley, Jr. -- Paintings and other pictorial arts / Elizabeth M. Kornhauser and Christine S. Schloss -- Furniture / Philip Zea -- Metalwares / Barbara McLean Ward -- Clocks and instruments / Chris H. Bailey -- Textiles, clothing, and needlework / Jane C. Nylander -- Ceramics and glass / Elizabeth Pratt Fox -- Books and prints / Christopher P. Bickford and Jeffrey H. Kaimowitz -- Gravestones / Kevin M. Sweeney
Text by Thomas R. Lewis, etc.

ISBN:

0918333032
9780918333032

Subject:

Art objects Connecticut River Valley Exhibitions.
Antiques Connecticut River Valley Exhibitions.
Antiques.
Art objects.
Civilization.
Art, American New England Exhibitions.
Connecticut River Valley Civilization.
Connecticut, Vallée du Civilisation.
United States Connecticut River Valley.
Connecticut Valley History.
Art, American - history.
Art - United States - Connecticut Valley - 1635-1820.

Form/genre:

exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Hosley, William N.
Hosley, William N., Jr.
Ward, Gerald W. R.
Wadsworth Atheneum.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 121491
Call No.: ID EXHHARTFORD; ID:86-B4695
Status: Available

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