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More than 200 years of history, 400 definitive paintings, and the work of nearly 80 legendary artists comprise this compelling and comprehensive tour of the birth, evolution, and future of American painting.
Arranged chronologically, American Painting is breathtaking in its scope and accomplishment. Using 400 resplendent reproductions, art historians Francesca Castria Marchetti, Roberta Bernabei, and Stefano Zuffi discuss every period of American Art, from the colonial masters through the 19th-century realists, American impressionists to the groundbreaking pop and graffiti artists of today—in short, everyone who made American painting what it was and continues to be: pioneering, breathtaking, matchless.
Readers will discover dazzling examples of masterworks from the discovery of the West (Thomas Cole, Frederick Church); the Eight (Robert Henri, George Luks, George Bellows); the American Avant-Garde (Marsden Hartley, Arthur Dove); the Abstract Expressionists (Willem de Kooning, Mark Rothko); and pop artists (Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol), to name just a few. Other featured artists include Albert Bierstadt, Winslow Homer, Mary Cassatt, Georgia O’Keeffe, and Jackson Pollock.
American Painting is a remarkable history of a monumental and continuing movement; and a progressive, accessible volume that should always be within easy reach of every artist and art aficionado.
* A comprehensive survey of American painting, from colonial times to the present day
* Features 400 dazzling color illustrations of American masterpieces, many of them full-page reproductions
* Knowledgeable, insightful text from experts in the field
Francesca Castria Marchetti is an art historian who has written several books. Roberta Bernabei specializes in works on Siena and 20th-century New York art. Stefano Zuffi is an art historian and author with more than 50 art-related titles to his credit. |
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