Kathleen Pyne: 1 book
Art and the Higher Life
Painting and Evolutionary Thought in Late Nineteenth-Century America
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2010
Late in the nineteenth century, many Americans were troubled by the theories of Charles Darwin, which contradicted both traditional Christian teachings and the idea of human supremacy over nature, and by an influx of foreign immigrants, who challenged the supremacy of the old Anglo-Saxon elite. In response,...
