Ominous Hush: The Thunderstorm Paintings of Martin Johnson Heade

Ominous Hush: The Thunderstorm Paintings of Martin Johnson Heade
ISBN-10
0883600749
ISBN-13
9780883600740
Category
Architecture / Individual Architects & Firms / General
Pages
88
Language
English
Published
1994
Publisher
Amon Carter Museum
Author
Sarah Cash

Description

Explores American painter Martin Johnson Heade's (1819-1904) use of storm imagery as metaphor for the American Civil War.

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