Maurie D McInnis
Biographic Data
| ID | 5881071 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maurie D McInnis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maurie D |
| FAMILY NAME | McInnis |
| SIGNATURE | MCINNIS M D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Virginia |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Slaves Waiting for Sale
The Politics of Taste in Antebellum Charleston
At the close of the American Revolution, Charleston, South Carolina, was the wealthiest city in the new nation, with the highest per-capita wealth among whites and the largest number of enslaved residents. Maurie D. McInnis explores the social, political, and material culture of the city to learn how - and at what human cost - Charleston came to be regarded as one of the most refined cities in antebellum America. While other cities embraced a cul…
Little of Artistic Merit
In Pursuit of Refinement
In Pursuit of Refinement: Charlestonians Abroad, 1740-1860. By Maurie D. McInnis in collaboration with Angela D. Mack. With essays by J. Thomas Savage, Robert A. Leath, and Susan Ricci Stebbins. (Columbia: Published by the University of South Carolina Press for the Gibbes Museum of Art with the cooperation of the Historic Charleston Foundation, c. 1999. Pp. xxii, 348. Paper, $29.95, ISBN 1-57003-315-3; cloth, $75.00, ISBN 1-57003-314-5.) In Pursu…
Southern Furniture, 1680-1830
Cultural Politics, Colonial Crisis, and Ancient Metaphor in John Singleton Copley's "Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Izard"
John Singleton Copley's "Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Izard" is usually explored in terms of the artist's experimentation with the grand tour portrait and his transformation from a colonial to an English painter. This essay recontextualizes the portrait by exploring its deviation from the grand tour portrait format, Ralph Izard's political views, and the contemporary symbolism of the objects represented. The unusual collection of antiquities assembled for …
An idea of grandeur”
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Southern Furniture, 1680-1830
Cultural Politics, Colonial Crisis, and Ancient Metaphor in John Singleton Copley's "Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Izard"
John Singleton Copley's "Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Izard" is usually explored in terms of the artist's experimentation with the grand tour portrait and his transformation from a colonial to an English painter. This essay recontextualizes the portrait by exploring its deviation from the grand tour portrait format, Ralph Izard's political views, and the contemporary symbolism of the objects represented. The unusual collection of antiquities assembled for …
An idea of grandeur”
In Pursuit of Refinement
In Pursuit of Refinement: Charlestonians Abroad, 1740-1860. By Maurie D. McInnis in collaboration with Angela D. Mack. With essays by J. Thomas Savage, Robert A. Leath, and Susan Ricci Stebbins. (Columbia: Published by the University of South Carolina Press for the Gibbes Museum of Art with the cooperation of the Historic Charleston Foundation, c. 1999. Pp. xxii, 348. Paper, $29.95, ISBN 1-57003-315-3; cloth, $75.00, ISBN 1-57003-314-5.) In Pursu…
Little of Artistic Merit
The Politics of Taste in Antebellum Charleston
At the close of the American Revolution, Charleston, South Carolina, was the wealthiest city in the new nation, with the highest per-capita wealth among whites and the largest number of enslaved residents. Maurie D. McInnis explores the social, political, and material culture of the city to learn how - and at what human cost - Charleston came to be regarded as one of the most refined cities in antebellum America. While other cities embraced a cul…
Slaves Waiting for Sale
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