A history of American art

Uittreksel

"My particular aim has been to produce a broadly conceived, well-illustrated survey of the development of architecture, painting, sculpture, prints, the decorative arts and crafts, and photography from Pre-Columbian times to today."

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The arts of the Indians -- the arts of the colonial period (1700-1776) -- The young republic (1776-1865): architecture, interiors and the household arts, the London school, portraiture, and historical painting, allegory, landscape, genre, still life, and folk art, sculpture, prints, photography, and art patronage -- Between two wars (1865-1913): The birth of the skycraper, interior design, furniture, industrial design, crafts, painting, the Native schools, the independents, the eight, graphic arts -- The modern period.