A Concise History of American Painting and Sculpture
- ISBN-10
- 0064303500
- ISBN-13
- 9780064303507
- Pages
- 420
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1984
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Author
- Matthew Baigell
Description
This thorough and reliable survey of American painting and sculpture from colonial times to the present day covers all the major artists and their works, outlines the social and cultural background of each period, and includes 396 illustrations integrated with the text. Beginning with a discussion of seventeenth-century art along the eastern seaboard and ending with sections on current realistic, process and technological art, Baigell discusses some determining factors in American art, such as the importance of religion, the sense of the "virgin land," progress and the machine, and nativist and European influences. He views the rich and diverse achievements of American art as the result of the efforts and talents of a pluralistic society rather than fitting into a particular mold. ISBN 0-06-430350-1 : $35.00 (For use only in the library).
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