American Painting

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AMERICAN PAINTING •
Introduction by Robert Rosenblum Text by Donald Goddard
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. merica, still a young country, has become a dominant force in world culture, drawing upon the achievements of Europe and inspired in and through its own development in the Western Hemisphere. Today, the international art world looks to American artists for the most revelatory contributions to the art of painting. AMERICAN PAINTING tells the story, in absorbing texts and splendid full-color reproductions, of the United States' emergence to the forefront of the intemational art world.
Spanning the history of painting in the United States, from the Colonial era to the startling innovations of the present day, AMERICAN PAINTING presents a virtual art exhibition between the covers of one volume. And the collection is one that will delight everyone, for here are Gilbert Stuart, Winslow Homer, Edward Hopper, Mary Cassatt, Georgia O'Keeffe, Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg and many, many more of the... Tovább

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AMERICAN PAINTING •
Introduction by Robert Rosenblum Text by Donald Goddard
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. merica, still a young country, has become a dominant force in world culture, drawing upon the achievements of Europe and inspired in and through its own development in the Western Hemisphere. Today, the international art world looks to American artists for the most revelatory contributions to the art of painting. AMERICAN PAINTING tells the story, in absorbing texts and splendid full-color reproductions, of the United States' emergence to the forefront of the intemational art world.
Spanning the history of painting in the United States, from the Colonial era to the startling innovations of the present day, AMERICAN PAINTING presents a virtual art exhibition between the covers of one volume. And the collection is one that will delight everyone, for here are Gilbert Stuart, Winslow Homer, Edward Hopper, Mary Cassatt, Georgia O'Keeffe, Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg and many, many more of the nation's most admired painters. And along with these favorites, there are generously represented numerous other artists whose genius has made the growth of American painting so rich and exciting.
Here are portraits, landscapes, historical scenes, and every type of painted record of the life and times of the American people. Here are quaint primitive styles, stunning realism, impressionism, and abstract expressionism. Here, too, are the works of great popular artists
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