Twentieth-century American art

Abstract

Offers an overview of twentieth-century American art, exploring the relationships between American art, museums, and audiences in the era.

Contents

The gilded age -- Early American modernism: the art of everyday life -- Avant-garde art and experimentation -- Modernism and the interwar years -- A new deal for the arts: the Great Depression -- Abstract expressionism -- Neo-Dada and pop art -- Minimalism and conceptual art -- Feminist art and black art -- Culture wars: the 1980s -- Contemporary art.