"...A landmark volume that presents three centuries of US art through a broad array of historical texts, including writings by artists, critics, patrons, litera

John Adams on the arts -- The Nation vs. Prang et Co. -- Should women artists marry? -- Dorothea Lange on documentary photography -- Emory Douglas, the Black Pa

What do we mean when we call a work of art `beautiful`? How have artists responded to changing notions of the beautiful? Which works of art have been called bea