Art in America: 300 years of innovation

Abstract

"Art in America is an introduction to the major movements in American art, from the Hudson River and Ashcan schools to Abstract Expressionism and Pop art. Divided chronologically into six chapters and covering the period from 1700 to the present day, it examines how the art of each era both reflected and contributed to the nation's complex visual narrative. A detailed introduction considers the paradoxes in American art, and six authoritative illustrated essays examine such subjects as the cultural impact of the American Civil War, and the global and national position of American art at the end of the twentieth century." "Featuring a selection of beautifully reproduced iconic and little-known images, Art in America is an exploration of how the cultural, political, ethnic, economic, and natural landscape of America has shaped national identity and consciousness."--Jacket.

Contents

Paradoxes in American art / Michael Leja -- Colonization and rebellion (1700-1830). Peaceable kingdoms : colonization and rebellion / Margaretta M. Lovell ; The Chinese presence in early American visual culture / Patricia Johnston and Jessica Lanier -- Expansion and fragmentation (1830-80). Art in an age of national expansion : genre and landscape painting / David M. Lubin ; The American cowboy's destiny / Elizabeth Kennedy -- Cosmopolitanism and nationalism (1880-1915). Nationalism and internationalism / Mancy Mowll Mathews -- Modernism and regionalism (1915-45). The politics of American modernism / Justin Wolff ; A brief history of painting in Chinese America to 1945 / Anthony W. Lee -- Prosperity and disillusionment (1945-80). The innovative moment : postwar American art / Robert Rosenblum -- Multiculturalism and globalization (1980-present). Nationalism and globalism : issues in American art, 1980s to the present / Susan Cross -- Timeline / Helen Hsu.