Author: BJELAJAC, DAVID.
Title: Millennial Desire and the Apocalyptic Vision of Washington Allston.
Description: Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1988. 0874742641. New Directions in American Art series. "Analyzes the cultural importance of American Romantic artist Washington Allston. By focusing on the unfinished 'Belshazzar's Feast', the author examines Allston's public stature as latter-day prophet within the historical context of antebellum America..Begun in celebration of the fall of Napoleon, 'Belshazzar's Feast' was both an apocalyptic warning for would-be American tyrants and an expression of millennial desire for the spiritual rebuilding of a New Jerusalem". 26cms x 18.5cms. Pp.xiv/226, 8 colour plates + 39 black & white figure illustrations, light spotting to closed page edges. Red cloth, dustwrapper edges worn and chipped with small tears to rear. G+/Good.

Keywords: Bjelajac Millennial Desire Apocalyptic Vision Washington Allston American Romantic Art Belshazzars Feast Prophecy Napoleon Bonaparte Handwriting Wall 46494 Art


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