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Object lessons in American art

Abstract

"Object Lessons in American Art explores a diverse gathering of Euro-American, Native American, and African American art from a range of contemporary perspectives, illustrating how innovative analysis of historical art can inform, enhance, and afford new relevance to artifacts of the American past. The book is grounded in the understanding that the meanings of objects change over time, in different contexts, and as a consequence of the ways in which they are considered. Inspired by the concept of the object lesson, the study of a material thing or group of things in juxtaposition to convey embodied and underlying ideas, Object Lessons in American Art examines a broad range of art from Princeton University's venerable collections as well as contemporary works that imaginatively appropriate and reframe their subjects and style, situating them within current social, cultural, and artistic debates on race, gender, the environment, and more."-- Provided by publisher.

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    Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Art Museum, [2023]

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    • 0691978859
    • 9780691978857

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    Catalogue of an exhibition held at Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, 4 February-14 May 2023; at Florence Grisworld Museum, 3 June-10 September 2023; and at Speed Art Museum, 29 September 2023-7 January 2024.

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