Main entry:

Haskell, Barbara.

Title & Author:

The American century : art & culture, 1900-1950 / Barbara Haskell.

Publication:

New York : Whitney Museum of American Art in association with W.W. Norton, ©1999.

Description:

408 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Notes:
Published on the occasion of the exhibition ... held at the Whitney Museum of American Art, part I, 1900-1950 is on view from April 23 to August 22, 1999 and part II, 1950-2000 is on view from September 26, 1999 to January 23, 2000.
"Published on the occasion of the exhibition 'The American century: art & culture 1900-2000' at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Part I, 1900-1950 is on view from April 23 to August 22, 1999 and Part II, 1950-2000 is on view from September 26, 1999 to January 23, 2000"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-392) and index.
pt. 1. 1900-1950 -- pt. 2. 1950-2000.
British Library not licensed to copy 0.

Summary:

"This book considers American art as a response to political, social, and economic conditions. It opens at the start of the century, when boundaries between high art and all that simmered beneath it were collapsing. In these pages, we are able to see the dramatic changes that characterized art in the first half of the century. We discover why the New York Armory Show of 1913 was such a shock to many artistic sensibilities; how Alfred Stieglitz and his circle drove photography toward modernism, a movement that would eventually include all the arts; and how the Depression (and the WPA) shaped a generation of artists, leaving a rich, public legacy in photography, painting, literature, and architecture. By the century's midpoint, the artistic output of this still young nation was astonishing."--Jacket.

ISBN:

0393047237 (Norton cloth)
9780393047233 (Norton cloth)
0874271223 (Whitney pbk.)
9780874271225 (Whitney pbk.)

Subject:

Art, American 20th century Exhibitions.
Arts, American 20th century Exhibitions.
Art, American Exhibitions.
Art américain Expositions.
Art américain 20e siècle Expositions.
Arts américains Expositions.
Arts États-Unis 20e siècle Expositions.
Arts américains 20e siècle Expositions.
Art, American
Arts, American
Kunst
Ausstellung
Kultur
Cultuur.
Geschichte 1900-1950.
New York (NY, 1999)
Art, American 20th century
Arts, American 20th century
Architecture United States
Architecture, American
USA

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogues.
Exhibition catalogs.
exhibition catalogs.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Whitney Museum of American Art.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 202101
Call No.: N6512 .H3 1999
Status: Available