American Art and Architecture by Michael J. Lewis (English) Paperback Book

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Provides an introduction to the history of American art and architecture from its 17th-century colonial beginnings to the installation and video work. Structured chronologically, this book not only discusses the key artists and architects, art works and buildings, but also defines the characteristics of the different periods.

FORMATPaperback LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Publisher Description

This survey provides a complete history of American art and architecture from the seventeenth century to the latest installation and video work. It includes all the major American artists and works, and discusses and illustrates dozens of building types, from the earliest colonial houses and churches to the most spectacular modernist and postmodernist stores, museums, stations, and iconic skyscrapers.The characteristics of the different periods are defined, highlighting the forms, techniques and styles that mark the works as distinctively American. The ways in which American artists and architects both adopted and diverged from European models to create a language of their own are charted, and Lewis shows how that language eventually came to dominate the rest of the world.The author dextrously integrates discussions of both buildings and works of art, revealing the shared social and aesthetic concerns that underlie them. Vernacular, religious, secular, and corporate architecture appear alongside painting, sculpture, photography, and new-media art.

Notes

Latest title in this authoritative series. 175 colour, 100 b/w illus.

Author Biography

Michael J. Lewis is the Faison-Pierson-Stoddard Professor of Art History, Williams College.

Table of Contents

1. Graven Images • 2. Flattened Form • 3. The Grand Manner • 4. Landscape and Sentiment • 5. Art for Art's Sake • 6. Academic Art 7. Early Modernism • 8. The Rise of Formalism • 9. The Fall of Formalism • 10. Art and Agenda

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A history of American art and architecture from the seventeenth century to the latest installation and video work

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An accessible, concise, and beautifully written survey of American art and architecture from 1600 to the present. This new survey provides a complete history of American art and architecture from its seventeenth-century colonial beginnings to the latest installation and video work. Structured chronologically, the book defines the characteristics of the different periods and highlights the consistent forms, techniques, and styles that mark the art and architecture as distinctively American. Michael J. Lewis charts the ways in which American artists and architects both adopted and diverged from earlier European models to create an original visual language of their own. He also shows how that language in turn came to influence and eventually dominate art and architecture around the world. Professor Lewis integrates discussions of both buildings and works of visual art, revealing the shared social and aesthetic concerns that underlie the two. Vernacular, religious, secular, and corporate architecture appears alongside paintings, sculpture, photography, and new-media art. All the major American artists and works from the seventeenth century to today are included, such as epic history paintings by Benjamin West and John Singleton Copley; sublime landscapes by Thomas Cole, Albert Bierstadt, and Frederick Church; society portraits by John Singer Sargent; groundbreaking abstract expressionist and pop art by Jackson Pollock, Barnett Newman, and Andy Warhol; and challenging sculptural, installation, and video works from more recent years by Robert Gober, Fred Wilson, and Matthew Barney. In architecture, dozens of different building types are illustrated and discussed, from theearliest colonial houses and churches to the most spectacular modernist and postmodernist houses, stations, museums, and iconic skyscrapers. 275 illustrations, 175 in color.

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A history of American art and architecture from the seventeenth century to the latest installation and video work

Details ISBN0500203911 Short Title AMER ART & ARCHITECTURE Pages 336 Series World of Art Language English ISBN-10 0500203911 ISBN-13 9780500203910 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2006 Imprint Thames & Hudson Ltd Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Author Michael J. Lewis Residence MA, US Birth 1957 DOI 10.1604/9780500203910 UK Release Date 2006-06-19 NZ Release Date 2006-06-19 Publisher Thames & Hudson Ltd Publication Date 2006-06-19 DEWEY 720.973 Illustrations 140 Illustrations, black and white; 140 Illustrations, color Audience Tertiary & Higher Education AU Release Date 2006-07-20 We've got this

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