LEADER 03522nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910785571903321 005 20230725030730.0 010 $a1-62103-118-7 010 $a1-282-94631-5 010 $a9786612946318 010 $a1-60473-737-9 035 $a(CKB)2670000000069458 035 $a(EBL)631707 035 $a(OCoLC)681774060 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000412127 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11306231 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000412127 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10365607 035 $a(PQKB)10055384 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000203682 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC631707 035 $a(OCoLC)781323417 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse13529 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL631707 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10425154 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL294631 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000069458 100 $a20100225d2010 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aArt for the middle classes$b[electronic resource] $eAmerica's illustrated magazines of the 1840s /$fCynthia Lee Patterson 210 $aJackson [Miss.] $cUniversity Press of Mississippi$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (231 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-60473-736-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction. The Philadelphia pictorials and American visual culture in the 1840's -- "From the burin of an American artist": artistic production in the 1830's and 1840's -- "Superior embellishments" : innovations to the graphic arts in the Philadelphia pictorials -- "The fluttering host of many-colored competitors" : regional imitators in the Northeast, West, and South -- "Illustration of a picture" : American authors and the magazine embellishments -- "Engravings from original pictures" : competing for audiences and original art -- "A mezzotint in every number": battling for embellishers, battling over art -- Conclusion. The ascendancy of New York, and market stratification. 330 $aHow did the average American learn about art in the mid-nineteenth century? With public art museums still in their infancy, and few cities and towns large enough to support art galleries or print shops, Americans relied on mass-circulated illustrated magazines. One group of magazines in particular, known collectively as the Philadelphia pictorials, circulated fine art engravings of paintings, some produced exclusively for circulation in these monthlies, to an eager middle-class reading audience. These magazines achieved print circulations far exceeding those of other print media (such as illus 517 3 $aAmerica's illustrated magazines of the 1840s 606 $aMagazine illustration$zUnited States$y19th century 606 $aArt and the middle class$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aPeriodicals$xPublishing$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aMiddle class$xBooks and reading$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 615 0$aMagazine illustration 615 0$aArt and the middle class$xHistory 615 0$aPeriodicals$xPublishing$xHistory 615 0$aMiddle class$xBooks and reading$xHistory 676 $a741.6/52097309034 700 $aPatterson$b Cynthia Lee$0261386 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910785571903321 996 $aArt for the middle classes$93831080 997 $aUNINA