Modern Art in the USA: Issues and Controversies of the 20th Century

This chronologically organized and comprehensive anthology of readings tells the whole story of art in America from 1900 to the present. It focuses on the themes, issues, and controversies that occurred throughout the century—using selections that are contemporary with the art—by artists, critics, exhibition organizers, poets, politicians, and other writers on culture. Some recurring themes and issues include issues of identity; the changing nature of modernism and modernity; nationalism; art as individual or community expression; the nature of public art; and the role of criticism, censorship, and government intervention. Texts by well-known writers include Meyer Schapiro, Clement Greenberg, Michael Fried, Donald Kuspit, and Kate Linker. A guide for those interested in both the standard interpretations of American art and in alternative readings.

• Reading American Art
• Framing America: A Social History of American Art (Third Edition)
• American Art to 1900: A Documentary History
• Art in Theory 1900 - 2000: An Anthology of Changing Ideas
• The American Century: Art and Culture 1900-1950
• Critical Issues In American Art: A Book Of Readings (Icon Editions)
• The Craftsman's Handbook: "Il Libro dell' Arte"
• Painting Harlem Modern: The Art of Jacob Lawrence
• Twentieth-Century American Art (Oxford History of Art)
• American Art: A Cultural History