Книга: American Beauty - Paintings from Detroit Institute

This book highlights works from one of the US most repspected museum collection of American art. In his engaging essay, Graham W.J. Beale -places the 96 works in historical context, relating them to contemporary social and artistic trends both at home and abroad. Beginning with the first truly home-grown talent - John Singleton Copley -in te 18th century to the social realism of John Sloan in the earlt20th, the volume presents an encycolpaedic view of American painting. Focuses on work from the 18th to the 20th century and highlights work from one of the United States' most respected collections of American Art.