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American Art: History and Culture is a thorough and engaging chronology of American art, including painting, sculpture, architecture, decorative arts, photography, folk art, and graphic arts.Wayne Craven presents art and artists within the context of their times, including insights into the intellectual, spiritual, and political environment. Along the way Craven charts the growth of a distinctly American art culture. The resulting book is as much a history of American culture as of American art.

Part I Colonial America
1 The New World and New Spain
2 Architecture and Decorative Arts: Virginia, New England, and New Netherland in the Seventeenth Century
3 Painting and Sculpture: The Seventeenth Century
4 Architecture and Decorative Arts: 1700-1750
5 Painting and Sculpture: 1700-1750
6 Architecture and Decorative Arts: 1750-1776
7 Painting: after 1750
Part II The Federal Period
8 Architecture: 1785-1830
9 Decorative Arts: 1785-1830
10 Painting: The Tradition of the Grand Manner, 1785-1830
11 Painting: Still Life, Genre, Landscape, and Natural History, 1785-1830
12 Sculpture: 1795-1830
Part III The Romantic Period
13 Architecture: The Age of Romanticism and Eclecticism, 1825-1870
14 The Decorative Arts: The Age of Romanticism and Eclecticism, 1800-1870
15 Painting: Landscape, 1825-1870
16 Painting: Genre, Narrative, Still Life, and Portraiture, 1825-70
17 Photography: The Early Years, 1839-1870
18 Sculpture: Neoclassicism and Naturalism, 1825-1870
19 Folk Art: A Special Mode of Vision
Part IV The American Renaissance
20 Architecture: The Age of Capitalism, Imperialism, and High Society, 1870-1900
21 Towards Modern Architecture: New Technologies and the Advent of the Skyscraper, 1850-1900
22 The Artful Interior: Cosmopolitanism, The Aesthetic Movement, and the American Home, 1870- 1900
23 Painting: The Naturalistic Tradition and Cosmopolitanism, 1870-1900
24 Painting: American Impressionism, American Renaissance, and Trompe L'Oeil Realism
25 Photography, 1870-1900
26 Sculpture: From the American Renaissance to the Western Frontier, 1870-1900
Part V The Early Modern Period
27 Architecture: The First Generation of Modernism, 1900-1940
28 Decorative Arts and Interiors: The Age of the Machine and Streamlining, 1900-1940
29 Painting: Realism and Regionalism, 1900-1940
30 Painting: The Modern Mode, 1900-1940
31 Photography: Aesthetic Maturity, 1900-1940
32 Sculpture: Tradition, Diversity, and Anarchy, 1900-1940
Part VI Post-War Modern, Post-Modern Art
33 Architecture: The International Style and the "Glass Box," 1940 to the Present
34 Architecture: Diversity and Reaction, 1940 to the Present
35 Design in America: Modern and Postmodern, 1940 to the Present
36 Painting: The African-American Experience, Social Realism, and Abstraction, 1940 to the Present
37 Painting: Hardedge Colorfield, Pop Art, and Realism, 1940 to the Present
38 Sculpture: Old Traditions and New Directions, 1940 to the Present
39 Sculpture: Feminism, Found Objects, Pop. Minimalism, and Realism, 1940 to the Present
40 Photography: 1940 to the Present
Glossary
Bibliography
Notes
Picture Credits
Index

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American Art : History and Culture

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Table of Contents

1 The New World and New Spain

2 Architecture and Decorative Arts: Virginia, New England, and New Netherland in the Seventeenth Century

3 Painting and Sculpture: The Seventeenth Century

4 Architecture and Decorative Arts: 1700-1750

5 Painting and Sculpture: 1700-1750

6 Architecture and Decorative Arts: 1750-1776

7 Painting: after 1750

Part II The Federal Period

8 Architecture: 1785-1830

9 Decorative Arts: 1785-1830

10 Painting: The Tradition of the Grand Manner, 1785-1830

11 Painting: Still Life, Genre, Landscape, and Natural History, 1785-1830

12 Sculpture: 1795-1830

Part III The Romantic Period

13 Architecture: The Age of Romanticism and Eclecticism, 1825-1870

14 The Decorative Arts: The Age of Romanticism and Eclecticism, 1800-1870

15 Painting: Landscape, 1825-1870

16 Painting: Genre, Narrative, Still Life, and Portraiture, 1825-70

17 Photography: The Early Years, 1839-1870

18 Sculpture: Neoclassicism and Naturalism, 1825-1870

19 Folk Art: A Special Mode of Vision

Part IV The American Renaissance

20 Architecture: The Age of Capitalism, Imperialism, and High Society, 1870-1900

21 Towards Modern Architecture: New Technologies and the Advent of the Skyscraper, 1850-1900

22 The Artful Interior: Cosmopolitanism, The Aesthetic Movement, and the American Home, 1870- 1900

23 Painting: The Naturalistic Tradition and Cosmopolitanism, 1870-1900

24 Painting: American Impressionism, American Renaissance, and Trompe L'Oeil Realism

25 Photography, 1870-1900

26 Sculpture: From the American Renaissance to the Western Frontier, 1870-1900

Part V The Early Modern Period

27 Architecture: The First Generation of Modernism, 1900-1940

28 Decorative Arts and Interiors: The Age of the Machine and Streamlining, 1900-1940

29 Painting: Realism and Regionalism, 1900-1940

30 Painting: The Modern Mode, 1900-1940

31 Photography: Aesthetic Maturity, 1900-1940

32 Sculpture: Tradition, Diversity, and Anarchy, 1900-1940

Part VI Post-War Modern, Post-Modern Art

33 Architecture: The International Style and the "Glass Box," 1940 to the Present

34 Architecture: Diversity and Reaction, 1940 to the Present

35 Design in America: Modern and Postmodern, 1940 to the Present

36 Painting: The African-American Experience, Social Realism, and Abstraction, 1940 to the Present

37 Painting: Hardedge Colorfield, Pop Art, and Realism, 1940 to the Present

38 Sculpture: Old Traditions and New Directions, 1940 to the Present

39 Sculpture: Feminism, Found Objects, Pop. Minimalism, and Realism, 1940 to the Present

40 Photography: 1940 to the Present

Glossary

Bibliography

Notes

Picture Credits

Index

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