Bellion, Wendy. <br/><br/>
Citizen spectator :  art, illusion, and visual perception in early national America / 
Wendy Bellion. 
 - Chapel Hill :  University of North Carolina Press ;  (c)2011.  Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture,  (c)2011. 
 - 1 online resource (xviii, 351 pages) :  illustrations (some color), maps. 
<br/><br/> Outgrowth of the author's thesis (Northwestern University). 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Theaters of visuality --  The politics of discernment --  Sight and the city --  Imitations and originals --  Looking for the invisible lady --  Phantasmagoric Washington --  Conclusion. 
<br/><br/> "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. Focusing on the work of the well-known Peale family and their Philadelphia Museum, as well as other Philadelphians, Bellion explores the range of illusions encountered in public spaces, from trompe l'oeil paintings and drawings at art exhibitions to ephemeral displays of phantasmagoria, 'Invisible Ladies,' and other spectacles of deception."--Publisher description. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781469600437 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Art and society--History--United States--18th century.<br/>Art and society--History--United States--19th century.<br/>Optical illusions in art.<br/>Visual perception--Social aspects--History--United States--18th century.<br/>Visual perception--Social aspects--History--United States--19th century.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>N72  / .C585 2011