American art and architecture / Michael J. Lewis.
"A wide-ranging and inclusive history of American art and architecture from its seventeenth-century colonial beginnings to the latest installation and video work, this book: discusses the key artists, architects, art works, and buildings across the centuries; defines the characteristics of diff...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Thames & Hudson,
[2006]
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| Series: | World of art.
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| Summary: | "A wide-ranging and inclusive history of American art and architecture from its seventeenth-century colonial beginnings to the latest installation and video work, this book: discusses the key artists, architects, art works, and buildings across the centuries; defines the characteristics of different periods and highlights the forms, techniques, and styles that are distinctively American; integrates discussions of works of visual art and buildings, revealing their shared social and aesthetic concerns; charts the ways in which American artists and architects both adopted and diverged from earlier European models to create their own language; and illustrates paintings, sculpture, photography, and new-media art plus dozens of building types, from colonial houses and churches to modernist and postmodernist museums, stations, and skyscrapers."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | 336 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 21 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0500203911 9780500203910 |