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American images, the SBC collection of twentieth-century American art, foreword, Edward Whitacre ; preface, Laura Carey Martin ; introduction, Walter Hopps ; essays, Betsy Fahlman [and others] ; afterword, Peter Marzio

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American images, the SBC collection of twentieth-century American art, foreword, Edward Whitacre ; preface, Laura Carey Martin ; introduction, Walter Hopps ; essays, Betsy Fahlman [and others] ; afterword, Peter Marzio
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-311) and index
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
American images
Nature of contents
catalogsbibliography
Oclc number
33666952
Responsibility statement
foreword, Edward Whitacre ; preface, Laura Carey Martin ; introduction, Walter Hopps ; essays, Betsy Fahlman [and others] ; afterword, Peter Marzio
Sub title
the SBC collection of twentieth-century American art
Summary
Presents the corporate art collection of SBC Communications discussing each piece's reflection of a cultural, intellectual, or economic theme
Table Of Contents
Foreword / Edward Whitacre -- Preface / Laura Carey Martin -- Introduction / Walter Hopps -- The American Scene. Realism: Tradition and Innovation / Betsy Fahlman. The Vigor of Americanism / Matthew Baigell -- Modern Before 1945. The Lure of the Modern / Susan C. Larsen. Order, Structure, and the Continuity of Modernism / William C. Agee -- Mid-Century Innovation. The Adventures of the New York School / Dore Ashton. No Mere Formality / Peter Plagens -- From Pop to Minimalism. The Deluge of Popular Culture / Irving Sandler. Minimalism and Its Opposition / John R. Clarke -- Contemporary Diversity. The Personal as Political / Leslie King-Hammond. Ethnicity, Outsiderness, New Regionalism / Jacinto Quirarte. Art After Modernism: The Pluralist Era / John Beardsley -- Afterword / Peter Marzio
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