Chapel Hill, North Carolina: The University of North Carolina Press, Date: 2011. Hardcover. VG/VG. Green cloth over boards; Color illus. dj.; 351 pp.; 83 bw figures. From the dust jacket: "...investigates Americans' experiences with material forms of visual deception and argues that encounters with illusory art shaped their understanding of knowledge, representation, and subjectivity between 1790 and 1825." Focuses particularly on the works of the Peale family and other Philadelphians. 2011. The University of North Carolina Press ISBN 0807833886 9780807833889 [US]

Univ of North Carolina Pr, Date: 2011. Hardcover. New. 388 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.25 inches. 2011. Univ of North Carolina Pr ISBN 0807833886 9780807833889 [GB]

Hardback. New. In this richly illustrated study, the first book-length exploration of illusionistic art in the early United States, Wendy Bellion investigates Americans' experiences with material forms of visual deception and argues that encounters with illusory art shaped their understanding of knowledge, representation, and subjectivity between 1790 and 1825. ISBN 0807833886 9780807833889 [GB]

ISBN10: 0807833886, ISBN13: 9780807833889, [publisher: The University of North Carolina Press] Hardcover New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. In this richly illustrated study, the first book-length exploration of illusionistic art in the early United States, Wendy Bellion investigates Americans' experiences with material forms of visual deception and argues that encounters with illusory art shaped their understanding of knowledge, representation, and subjectivity between 1790 and 1825.
[Southport, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2011]