Making American Art
Price: $140.00
Add to Cart- ISBN: 978-0-415-42069-3
- Binding: Hardback (also available in Paperback)
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 30th September 2008 (Available for Pre-order)
- Pages: 272
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About the Book
Making American Art presents a thematic, interdisciplinary examination of art in the United States from the seventeenth century to the present day.
The themes and issues explored in Making American Art pull together documentary material, art works and contemporary theory to enliven what can often be a complex and geographically overwhelming history.
Chapter topics include:
- Educating American Artists
- Art into Reproduction
- Touring America
- Landscape
- Accommodating American Art
- Writing About American Art
Making American Art includes a detailed and discursive account of the reception of American art and artists outside the United States. Taking examples from the touring ventures of Barnum and Bailey, and Buffalo Bill and the Congress of Rough Riders through to the shows of the Cold War period and beyond, the book provides original case studies of the reception of American Modernism in Australia and American art at the Venice Biennale.
Table of Contents
Introduction 1. Educating American Artists 2. Art into Reproduction 3. Touring America 4. Landscape 5. Accommodating American Art 6. Writing About American Art 7. End Notes Bibiography
About the Author(s)
Pam Meecham has worked as an art teacher in schools and universities since 1971. She currently teaches museum and gallery studies, is course leader for the MA Museums & Galleries in Education and has a number of doctoral students researching aspects of art education and museum studies at the Institute of Education, University of London.
Julie Sheldon is Reader in Art History at Liverpool John Moores University. She is the Programme Leader for BA History of Art and Museum Studies, a collaborative undergraduate course with Tate Liverpool, and MRes Art and Design History. Previous publications with Pam Meecham include Modern Art: A Critical Introduction (2000).