The American century
Subtitle: art & culture, 1950-2000
By: Lisa Phillips
Contributors: Haskell, Barbara; Whitney Museum of American Art
Publisher: Whitney Museum of American Art in association with W.W. Norton; Whitney Museum of American Art in association with Norton
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 398
ISBN-13: 9780393048155; 9780874271232
Subjects: American Art; Modern Arts; Art; Catalogues d'exposition; Expositions; Ausstellung; Arts américains; Modern Art; Cultuur; American Arts; Kunst; Kultur
Description: "The second half of the twentieth century has been a time of rapid change and accelerated cycles of creativity. In this volume, Lisa Phillips keeps pace with the dizzying energy of these decades by focusing on the avant-garde - the artists who propelled American art after World War II and who continually challenge our basic assumptions about what art is and what the role of the artist should be within the turbulent social atmosphere of twentieth-century America.

Sidebar essays by a variety of experts in related fields highlight the broad cultural context - from rock 'n' roll to underground film to postmodern dance - in which vanguard American art flourished."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Completes the history begun with: The American century : art & culture, 1900-1950 / Barbara Haskell.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 377-382) and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Maxwell L. Anderson; title: The American Century: Art & Culture 1950-2000 / Lisa Phillips; title: America Takes Command: 1950-1960; title: Redefining the American Dream: 1950-1960; title: New Frontiers: 1960-1967; title: America at the Crossroads: 1964-1976; title: Restoration and Reaction: 1976-1990; title: Approaching the Millennium: 1990-2000.