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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824923003321

Autore

Bellion Wendy

Titolo

Citizen spectator : art, illusion, and visual perception in early national America / / Wendy Bellion

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Chapel Hill, North Carolina] : , : The University of North Carolina Press, , 2012

©2012

ISBN

0-8078-3890-X

1-4696-0043-9

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (384 p.)

Collana

Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia

Disciplina

701/.03097309033

Soggetti

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Theaters of visuality -- The politics of discernment -- Sight and the city -- Imitations and originals -- Looking for the invisible lady -- Phantasmagoric Washington.

Sommario/riassunto

Bellion presents an exploration of illusionistic art in the early US. She investigates Americans' experiences with material forms of visual deception, arguing that encounters with illusory art shaped their understanding of knowledge, representation, & subjectivity between 1790 and 1825. Focusing on the work of the Peale family and the Philadelphia Museum, as well as other Philadelphians, the book explores the range of illusions encountered in public spaces, from trompe l'oeil paintings & drawings to ephemeral displays of phantasmagoria, 'Invisible Ladies', and other spectacles of deception.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910817465503321

Autore

Burk Robert Fredrick <1955->

Titolo

Marvin Miller, baseball revolutionary / / Robert F. Burk

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urbana, Illinois : , : University of Ilinois Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-252-09670-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (336 p.)

Collana

Sport and Society

Disciplina

796.357092

Soggetti

Labor unions - Officials and employees

Baseball players - Labor unions - United States - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Part I: The Making of a Professional Unionist (1917�1966)""; ""1 A Brooklyn Boyhood""; ""2 Hard Times""; ""3 Avenues of Discovery""; ""4 Working for Victory""; ""5 Issues of Loyalty ""; ""6 Technician""; ""7 A House Divided ""; ""Part II: Baseball Revolutionary (1966�1985)""; ""8 A Fresh Start""; ""9 Securing the Basics""; ""10 Taking On the Plantation""; ""11 Earning Respect""; ""12 Emancipation""; ""13 Holding the Line""; ""14 Flunking Retirement""

""Part III: Defender of the Faith (1986�2012)""""15 Living Memory""; ""16 Lightning Rod""; ""17 Awaiting the Call""; ""Notes""; ""Selected Bibliography""; ""Index""