Title & Author:

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

Publication:

Hartford, Conn. : Wadsworth Atheneum, ©1985.

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.
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.
Connecticut River Valley Civilization.
Connecticut, Vallée du Civilisation.
United States Connecticut River Valley.
Art, American - history.
Art - United States - Connecticut Valley - 1635-1820.

Form/genre:

exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Hosley, William N.
Wadsworth Atheneum.

Holdings:

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