art, american

Surveys the life and work of twentieth-century American illustrator Norman Rockwell, and includes over eighty color reproductions of his art.

Public awareness of environmental issues has never been greater, nor has the need for imagining more sustainable and ethical habits of human action and thought, including environmentally informed ways of understanding art history. This multidisciplinary book offers the first broad ecocritical review of American art and examines the environmental contexts of artistic practice from the colonial period to the present day. Tracing how visions of the environment have changed from the Native-European encounter to the emergence of modern ecological activism, more than a dozen scholars and practitioners discuss how artists have both responded to and actively instigated changes in ecological understanding. Far-reaching in its interpretive approach, Nature?s Nation looks at artworks across genres and media?including painting, sculpture, prints, photography, decorative arts, and video?revealing important new discoveries about creative encounters with environmental history and politics through materials, techniques, subjects, and ideas. The book features work by more than one hundred artists, from Charles Willson Peale, Thomas Cole, and Winslow Homer to Georgia O?Keeffe, Jacob Lawrence, and Jaune Quick-to-See Smith. Providing a fascinating and timely reframing of more than three centuries of American art, this volume is a powerful example of how greater ecological consciousness can expand and enrich the discipline of art history.

A collection of photographs, paintings, and sculptures that represent America through the eyes of eighteen different artists.

What is America? Shape a fascinating image of the United States through the eyes of eighteen artists who have painted, sculpted, and photographed the U.S. landscape and culture.

Presents color reproductions of paintings, drawings, and sculptures by twenty-seven self-taught African-American artists from the Southern U.S., and includes essays that explore the themes and meaning of the work.

On t.p.: Ninety-six top designers and graphic artists offer their personal interpretations of Old Glory.