Art of the United States, 1750-2000 : primary sources /

Art of the United States is a landmark volume that presents three centuries of US art through a broad array of historical texts, including writings by artists, critics, patrons, literary figures and other commentators. Combining a wide-ranging selection of texts with high-quality reproductions of ar...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Rose, Francesca (Editor), Baradel, Lacey (Contributor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago : Terra Foundation for American Art, [2020].
Subjects:	Art, American > Sources. ART / American / General.

Table of Contents:

Building patronage and institutions 1750-1830
Landscape, democracy, race 1830-1850
The Civil War and its aftermath 1850-1870
The Gilded Age 1870-1885
A new internationalism 1885-1900
Progressivism and modernism 1900-1918
Prosperity and Depression 1918-1939
War and Cold War, anxiety and affluence 1939-1960
Political polarization, counterculture and reaction 1960-1980
Culture wars and postmodernism 1980-2000.