american art

Presents on hundred women known for their accomplishments in the arts.

A companion to the television series "Art for the Twenty-First Century," featuring interviews with eighteen contemporary artists, along with reproductions of their work. Includes brief biographies of each artist.

Presents a discussion of minimal art, and features profiles of artists associated with the movement, along with reproductions of representative works.

Tour through the world's largest collection of works by American artists, from colonial to contemporary grouped by subject with critical and anecdotal text about the paintings, sculptures, photographs and crafts.

Presents profiles of contemporary, twenty-first, century American artists discussing their works in the context of identity, spirituality, consumption, and place, and provides over three hundred reproductions.

Examines 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.

Explores art in the United States through a cultural context, discussing how art has been influenced by figures, events, and products in American history, including European colonial settlement,Disney World, and the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

Contains eighty reproductions of American drawings and watercolors from 1769 to 1969, accompanied by an essay, an overview, and history of the development of the Hood Museum of Art's collection.

For each period, there is a short commentary followed by a long series of color illustrations. Each artist is represented by one or two selections.

Companion book to Art for the Twenty-First Century, the first broadcast series for national television to focus exclusively on contemporary visual art and artists in the United States today.