An accessible, concise, and beautifully written survey of American art and architecture from 1600 to the present.
Michael J. Lewis is the Faison-Pierson-Stoddard Professor of Art History, Williams College.
1. Graven Images . 2. Flattened Form . 3. The Grand Manner . 4. Landscape and Sentiment . 5. Art for Art's Sake . 6. Academic Art 7. Early Modernism . 8. The Rise of Formalism . 9. The Fall of Formalism . 10. Art and Agenda