Table of Contents: William Dunlap and the construction of an American art history

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Lyons, Maura.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, c2005.
Subjects and Genres:	Dunlap, William, > 1766-1839. > History of the rise and progress of the arts of design in the United States. Art, American > Historiography.
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Table of Contents:

The historian: William Dunlap, "the American Vasari"
Sketching history: coverage of the visual arts in early nineteenth-century American serials
The mechanics of history: the genesis and writing of the History
The creation of history: the profiles of Benjamin West and John Trumbull
Debating history: contemporary reception of Dunlap's history
Epilogue
visualizing the history: the Dunlap benefit
Appendixes: A. An annotated bibliography of William Dunlap's published writings on the visual arts
B. Chronology of the publication of Dunlap's History
C. Published reviews of Dunlap's History in contemporary magazines.