Tropical Renaissance: North American Artists Exploring Latin America, 1839-1879 (New Directions in American Art)
Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1989. Softcover. Color illus. wraps with mylar cover; 235 pp.; 8 color, 100 bw plates. VG. Item #115820
ISBN: 9780874747157
Chapter titles include [Latin America: Myth and Reality]: Myths and Mind Sets: Historical Preconceptions Attracting Travelers to Latin America; Art in The Context of United States-Latin America Relations From The Vantage Point of 1859. [Science and The Search For Origins]: Cataclysm and Creation: Church and The Question of Terrestrial Origins; "The Indians, Where From": The Archaeological Quest; The Organic World: Agassiz, Heade and Darwin's Challenge. [Romanticism and The Exotic South]: Louis Mignot and The Romance of The Tropics; The Syncretism of South and East: James Whistler in Chile. Appendix 1 lists biographies and itineraries of Artist-Travelers. Select Bibliography, index. A wonderful reference.
OCLC: 181830476
Price: $29.97