American Visions: The Epic History of Art in America
- ISBN-10
- 1860466311
- ISBN-13
- 9781860466311
- Series
- American Visions
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999-08-20
- Publisher
- Harvill Press
- Author
- Robert Hughes
Description
Beginning where American art itself began - five centuries ago, with the native Americans and the first Spanish invaders in the Southwest - this book travels through to the late 1990s. It tells the story of how American artistic tradition was created: by public taste; by a landscape of unparalleled variety and richness; by a culture that stretched into dozens of foreign lands; and by a gallery of brilliant and idiosyncratic painters, sculptors and architects. Biographies, critical commentaries and anecdotes are included.
