The American Art Book

Publisher Phaidon's coffee table book "The American Art Book" presents a groundbreaking survey of 500 of America's greatest artists. A sumptuous look at not only American art, but also the history of the century.

Phaidon's groundbreaking book The American Art Book offers an unparalleled overview of the richness and diversity of American art. Spanning more than three centuries, this stunning overview tells the history of a country through its most important artists, each carefully selected by an advisory group of distinguished curators, historians and directors of institutions.

From the earliest colonial portraitists, Impressionist luminaries, the giants of modernism, landscape art innovators and pop art icons to today's contemporary visionaries, each artist is represented by an important work, an introductory text written by an expert in the field and references to other artists, making new connections in art history.

Artists include: Ansel Adams, Josef Albers, Diane Arbus, Ruth Asawa, Richard Avedon, Matthew Barney, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Romare Bearden, Alexander Calder, Vija Celmins, Frederic Edwin Church, John Singleton Copley, Gregory Crewdson, Helen Frankenthaler, Jared French, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Robert Gwathmey, Keith Haring, Barkley L. Hendricks, Jenny Holzer, Arthur Jafa, Joshua Johnson, Henrietta Johnston, Alex Katz, Gaston Lachaise, Jacob Lawrence, Edmonia Lewis, Maya Lin, Man

Specifications
Title: The American Art Book
Publisher: Phaidon
Size: 215 x 140 x 27 mm
Size: 512 pages
Language: English
Material: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781837290192

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