| Description |
687 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm |
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies (pages 646-664) and index. |
| Contents |
Colonial America -- The Federal Period -- The Romantic Period -- The American Renaissance -- The Early Modern Period -- Postwar Modern, Postmodern Art. |
| Summary |
"American Art: History and Culture is the first inclusive look at five centuries of the architecture, painting, sculpture, decorative arts, and photography created by the diverse peoples who have given direction to the arts of America." "Renowned Americanist Wayne Craven has written an engrossing, illuminating text that begins in the time before North America's encounter with Europe and Europeans in the sixteenth century and continues into its seventeenth-century colonial beginnings in the Middle Atlantic and New England regions. The story goes on for another three centuries, right through the pluralistic expressions of contemporary American culture of the 1990s." "Acknowledging that there are several ways to study American art, Craven has chosen an approach that is current and accessible - a contextual treatment that discusses the works of art in the circumstances of their creation. The contexts he provides include the social, economic, and religious climates in which works were created; the political, philosophical, and technological movements that influenced their creators; and the scientific and literary postures that affected the forms the artworks took. The narrative blends in biographical information and stylistic analysis along with the latest research on artists, architects, artisans, objects, archaeology, and techniques." |
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Art, American.
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Art, American. (OCoLC)fst00815895
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| ISBN |
0810919427 |
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9780810919426 |
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