TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bellion,Wendy
TI  - Citizen spectator: art, illusion, and visual perception in early national America 
SN  - 9781469600437
AV  - N72 .C585 2011
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Chapel Hill
PB  - University of North Carolina Press
KW  - Art and society
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - 18th century
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Optical illusions in art
KW  - Visual perception
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - Outgrowth of the author's thesis (Northwestern University); 2; Theaters of visuality --; The politics of discernment --; Sight and the city --; Imitations and originals --; Looking for the invisible lady --; Phantasmagoric Washington --; Conclusion; 2; b
N2  - "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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