American Art: History And Culture - Softcover

Craven, Wayne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0697167631 ISBN 13: 9780697167637

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages, 1993

Synopsis

American Art: History and Culture is a thorough and engaging chronology of American art, including painting, sculpture, architecture, decorative arts, photography, folk art, and graphic arts.

Wayne Craven presents art and artists within the context of their times, including insights into the intellectual, spiritual, and political environment. Along the way Craven charts the growth of a distinctly American art culture. The resulting book is as much a history of American culture as of American art.

About this title

From the Back Cover

Here is the most thorough, well-researched, and beautifully illustrated study ever to examine American art from a cultural perspective. The author presents art and artists within the context of their times, including insights into the styles, trends, and political climate that defined each important era.

He covers:

* Painting
* Sculpture
* Decorative arts
* Folk Art
* Architecture
* Photography

Highlighted by more than 750 magnificent illustrations (165 in full color), this reference surveys American art from its beginnings in the colonial period through contemporary works, and charts the growth of a distinctly American art culture.

About the Author

Wayne Craven (Newark, DE) is the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Professor of Art History, Emeritus, at the University of Delaware, where he has taught for forty years. Mr. Craven is the author of several other art-related titles and has curated exhibitions at the White House.

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0697167631
• ISBN 13: 9780697167637
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 688