Window on the west : Chicago and the art of the new frontier, 1890-1940

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"With the landmark World's Columbian Exposition, held in 1893, Chicago established its identity as a 'Window on the West': an economic and cultural hub linking the traditions of the East with the resources of the West after the offical 'closure' of the frontier declared...

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Author / Contributor: Barter, Judith A., 1951- (Author)
Imprint: Chicago : Art Institute of Chicago in association with Hudson Hills Press, New York, [2003]
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Subjects:
Art, American > Illinois > Chicago > 20th century > Exhibitions.
Art, American > Illinois > Chicago > 19th century > Exhibitions.
West (U.S.) > In art > Exhibitions.
Table of Contents:
  • Window on the West : the Chicago of 1893
  • Victorian Indians : art and ethnography
  • Bohemia by railroad : antimodern modernists
  • A "red-blooded collection" : George F. Harding and Frederic Remington
  • American rhythm : the modern West
  • Glossary of names, institutions, and organizations / Jennifer Downs with contributions by Carrie Schloss.

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