What the cow saw, or, Nineteenth-century art and the innocent eye

Author

Wolf, Bryan

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Magazine antiques. 1990, Num. 1, Vol. 137, p. 276-285, 8 col. ill.

ISSN

0161-9284

Abstract (en)

Thoughts on mimesis, perception and 19th c. American painting, prompted by Mark Tansey's 1981 painting The Innocent Eye Test (New York, Metropolitan Museum) which depicts a cow looking at a painting of cows.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing -- United States
• Painting
• United States
• 1800-1900
• Mimesis
• Perception
• Tansey, Mark, b.1949
• Innocent Eye Test
• Metropolitan Museum of Art||New York (NY, USA)
• Cows
• Representation

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin -- États-Unis
• Peinture
• Etats-Unis
• 1800-1900
• Mimesis
• Perception
• Tansey, Mark, n.1949
• Innocent Eye Test
• Metropolitan Museum of Art||New York (NY, USA)
• Vache
• Représentation

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19911001-00460129

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