Title City of second sight : nineteenth-century Boston and the making of American visual culture / Justin T. Clark

Published Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2018] ©2018

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Description 1 online resource (x, 280 pages) : illustrations, maps Contents Ordering Boston's landscape -- Looking past disorder -- Transcending the gallery -- Drawing forth spirits -- Discovering the blind -- Enchanting the city Summary "In the decades before the U.S. Civil War, the city of Boston evolved from a dilapidated, haphazardly planned, and architecturally stagnant provincial town into a booming and visually impressive metropolis. In an effort to remake Boston into the "Athens of America," neighborhoods were leveled, streets straightened, and an ambitious set of architectural ordinances enacted. However, even as residents reveled in a vibrant new landscape of landmark buildings, art galleries, parks, and bustling streets, the social and sensory upheaval of city life also gave rise to a widespread fascination with the unseen. Focusing his analysis between 1820 and 1860, Justin T. Clark traces how the effort to impose moral and social order on the city also inspired many--from Transcendentalists to clairvoyants and amateur artists--to seek out more ethereal visions of the infinite and ideal beyond the gilded paintings and glimmering storefronts"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Occultism -- History -- 19th century -- Social aspects -- Massachusetts -- Boston Arts and society -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History -- 19th century City planning -- History -- 19th century -- Social aspects -- Massachusetts -- Boston POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- City Planning & Urban Development. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Urban. HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT) Arts and society Buildings City planning -- Social aspects Occultism -- Social aspects Travel SUBJECT Boston (Mass.) -- Buildings, structures, etc Boston (Mass.) -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85015926 Subject Massachusetts -- Boston Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781469638744 1469638746 9781469638751 1469638754

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