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American Visions: The Epic History of Art in America
American Visions The Epic History of Art in America Author:Robert Hughes This is an exploration of America through the history of its art. It is a companion volume to the eight-part BBC-Television series. The book begins where American art itself began: five centuries ago, wth the Native Americans and the first Spanish invaders in the Southwest through to the present. In between, it tells the story of how America's a... more »rtistic tradition was created: by public taste, by a landscape of great variety; by a culture that stretched into dozens of foreign lands; and by numerous painters, sculptors and architects. Biographies, critical commentaries and anecdotes all make up this volume. Robert Hughes is the author of "Heaven and Hell in Western Art", The Shock of the New", "The Fatal Shore", "Nothing If Not Critical", "Barcelona", and "The Culture of Complaint".« less