Of arms and artists : the American Revolution through painters' eyes

Summary: A "chronicle of the American Revolution through the stories of the five great artists whose paintings animated the new American republic...Charles Willson Peale, John Singleton Copley, John Trumbull, Benjamin West, and Gilbert Stuart."--

Item details

ISBN: 9781632864659 (hardback)
ISBN: 1632864657 (hardback)
Physical Description: print
389 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Publisher: New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2016.

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Art and the American Revolution -- Charles Willson Peale's war -- Philadelphia's founding artist -- Benjamin West's peace -- John Singleton Copley's patriots -- John Adams' piece of vanity -- John Trumbull's martyrs -- Thomas Jefferson's invitation -- Gilbert Stuart's Washington -- John Trumbull's second act.

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Peale, Charles Willson 1741-1827
Copley, John Singleton 1738-1815
Trumbull, John 1756-1843
West, Benjamin 1738-1820
Stuart, Gilbert 1755-1828
Painters United States Biography
United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Art and the revolution
Painting Political aspects United States History 18th century
United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Biography
HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
ART / American / General
ART / History / General
ART / Techniques / Painting
Copley, John Singleton 1738-1815
Peale, Charles Willson 1741-1827
Stuart, Gilbert 1755-1828
Trumbull, John 1756-1843
West, Benjamin 1738-1820
American Revolution (1775-1783)
Painters
Painting Political aspects
United States

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