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This is a vibrant guide to the most influential and best-loved American artists from colonial times to the present. Covering three centuries, the art ranges from Puritan portraits to the luminous paintings of the Hudson River School and the American impressionists, to the videos and neon and digital works of today's most intriguing conceptual artists. Like the enormously popular art book, it presents 500 artists in an A to Z format that departs from the usual emphasis on genres and time periods : Grandma Moses sits next to Robert Motherwell, and Winslow Homer faces Jenny Holzer, encouraging readers to contemplate the connections between arts, American history and popular culture. Each artist is represented by a full-page color plate of a significant work, accompanied by an informative and engaging text that places the artist in the context of contemporary movements and preceding traditions. The book includes and easy-to-use glossary of artistic terms and movements, and a directory of museums and public collections across the United States and abroad with important holdings in American art.

18de eeuw --- 19de eeuw --- 20ste eeuw --- Amerika --- Verenigde Staten --- kunst --- schilderkunst --- kunstgeschiedenis --- 7.03 --- 917.3 --- kunstgeschiedenis, algemene museumcollecties --- Hawaii, Jamaica, Verenigde Staten van Amerika --- 18de eeuw. --- 19de eeuw. --- 20ste eeuw. --- Amerika.