The landscape of belief : encountering the Holy Land in nineteenth-century American art and culture / John Davis.

Author/creator Davis, John
Format Book
Publication InfoPrinceton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1996.
Descriptionxviii, 264 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Subjects
Art, American--19th century.
Art and religion--United States. --History. --19th century.
Art, American.
Art, Modern--19th century. --United States.
Palestine--In art.

SeriesThe Princeton series in nineteenth-century art, culture, and society
Princeton series in nineteenth-century art, culture, and society.
Contents The American identification with the Holy Land --The American presence in the Holy Land -- Panoramic imagery in the early nineteenth century -- Landscape, photography, and spectacle in the late nineteenth century -- Miner Kellogg, Mount Sinai, and the New Jerusalem Church -- Edward Troye's Holy Land series: the flow of sacred waters -- James Fairman: the view from outside -- Frederic Church's late career: the landscape of history.
Local noteLittle-325685--305131044366-
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [245]-255) and index.
LCCN 95007051
ISBN0691043736