Machine generated contents note: Foreword Acknowledgments Preface Introduction 1 An Anatomy Book by John Singleton Copley 2 John Singleton Copley in New York 3 The Art Historian and the Computer: An Analysis of Copley's Patronage, 1753-1774 4 Style as Evidence 5 Mind in Matter: An Introduction to Material Culture Theory and Method 6 The Expedition against the Ohio Indians in 1764under Colonel Bouquet: Two Early Drawings by Benjamin West 7 Benjamin West's Family Picture: A Nativity in Hammersmith 8 Charles Willson Peale in London 9 John Trumbull as History Painter 10 Winslow Homer in His Art 11 Thomas Eakins' Baby at Play 12 Raphaelle Peale: Fruit in a Silver Basket 13 The Truth of Material Culture: History or Fiction? 14 Material/Culture: Can the Farmer and the Cowman Still Be Friends? 15 The Promise and Perils of Context 16 In Pursuit of Culture: The Formal Language of Objects 17 Benjamin West and the Use of Antiquity 18 A Course of Antiquities at Rome, 1764 Bibliography Index Photo Credits COLOR PLATES FOLLOW PAGE 132.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-297) and index.

Art As Evidence celebrates the career of Jules Prown, historian of American art and a pioneer in the study of material culture. It brings together some of his most influential essays along with an introductory chapter, and an intellectual autobiography.

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