Masterworks of American art / William Kloss
Contributors: Teaching Company; Smithsonian Associates
Series: Great courses
Publisher: Teaching Co.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Chantilly, Va
Language: eng
Subjects: American Art
Notes: "Lecture transcript and course guidebook"--Cover.

Taught by Professor William Kloss, the Smithsonian Associates, Smithsonian Institution.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: v . 1. Lecture 1. Art in the New World; title: Lecture 2. 18th-century colonial art; title: Lecture 3. The genius of Copley and C.W. Peale; title: Lecture 4. A revolution in art; title: Lecture 5. Portraiture in Federal America; title: Lecture 6. Early historical and landscape painting; title: Lecture 7. The 1820s : art in the era of good feelings; title: Lecture 8. Thomas Cole and the American landscape; title: Lecture 9. Thomas Cole: the late years; title: Lecture 10. Other views, other visions; title: Lecture 11. American genre painting; title: Lecture 12. Native Americans and westward expansion; title: v. 2. Lecture 13. The Civil War in art; title: Lecture 14. The glow of peace; title: Lecture 15. Art : the mirror of social change; title: Lecture 16. 1876-1893 : the civic revival of the nation; title: Lecture 17. 1885-1900 : contrasts of dark and light; title: Lecture 18. Americans abroad : expatriate painters; title: Lecture 19. Thomas Eakins : innovation and rejection; title: Lecture 20. Thomas Eakins : success and scandal; title: Lecture 21. The last years : "And who is Eakins?"; title: Lecture 22. Winslow Homer in England and New England; title: Lecture 23. Winslow Homer : the last years; title: Lecture 24. Ourselves and our posterity; title: Timeline; title: Glossary; title: Biographical notes.