Art and the Higher Life Painting and Evolutionary Thought in Late Nineteenth-Century America

Name: Art and the Higher Life Painting and Evolutionary Thought in Late Nineteenth-Century America
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ISBN: 9780029276570

ISBN-10: 0029276578

ISBN-13: 9780029276570

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Authors: Kathleen Pyne

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Late in the nineteenth century, many Americans were troubled by the theories of Charles Darwin, which contradicted both traditional Christian teachings and the idea of human supremacy over nature, and by an influx of foreign immigrants, who challenged the supremacy of the old Anglo-Saxon elite. In response, many people drew comfort from the theories of philosopher Herbert Spencer, who held that human society inevitably develops towards higher and more spiritual forms.In this illuminating study, Kathleen Pyne explores how Spencer's theories influenced a generation of American artists. She shows how the painters of the 1880s and 1890s, particularly John La Farge, James McNeill Whistler,…

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Publisher: Free Press
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction


The American Response to Darwinism


John La Farge and the Sensuous Environment


James McNeill Whistler and the Religion of Art


Aesthetic Strategies in the "Age of Pain": Thomas Dewing and the Art of Life


The Ideologies of American Impressionism


Conclusion


Notes


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Index